Facebook employees’ virtual walkout against company’s stance on Trump posts

Facebook employees are using Twitter to register their frustration over CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to leave up posts by President Donald Trump that suggested protesters in Minneapolis could be shot.

“I don’t know what to do, but I know doing nothing is not acceptable”, wrote Stirman, who works on research at Facebook, formerly at Twitter.

The backlash against big tech’s ideological blind spot comes less than a week after Trump signed an executive order escalating his war with social media companies over how they monitor content. During the same time span, America’s main streets are witnessing tense standoffs and violence after the brutal killing on MayA25 of George Floyd, 46, an African American in Minneapolis.