As protestors stormed the Capitol, Facebook employees took to their internal workplace message board to express their fears and ask that Trump be removed from the platform. In response, management shut down threads and prevented them from commenting. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/facebook-trump-coup
It took more than four hours for Mark Zuckerberg to say anything to employees. Well before that, the company had orchestrated a statement for sales people to give to worried advertisers. Workers are furious. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/facebook-trump-coup
Now Facebook is out with a statement saying they've suspended Trump for 24 hours. This only came after Twitter made a call to suspend and after massive internal and external pressure and embarrassment. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/facebook-trump-coup
Zuckerberg and Facebook won't be able to stem employee sentiment on this one. There is a company-wide Q&A tomorrow.
I'll be monitoring. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/facebook-trump-coup
I'll be monitoring. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/facebook-trump-coup