AirAsia CEO quits Facebook over Christchurch videos

KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes has deleted his Facebook account over the circulation of a video of the Christchurch mosques carnage that claimed the lives of 50 people, saying the social media giant needed to “clean up and not just think of financials”.

Fernandes, who had 670,000 followers, announced his decision in a series of tweets on Sunday, reports CNN.

“The amount of hate that goes on in social media sometimes outweighs the good,” he said in a tweet.

“Facebook could have done more to stop some of this.”