JAKARTA – Hundreds of Facebook employees were reported walkout virtual masses and threatened to resign from the company. This happened because, Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to allow President Donald Trump’s controversial post regarding George Floyd’s death protest.
Quoted CNN International, via Twitter, a number of Facebook employees have criticized Mark Zuckerberg for his policy of not moderating a number of controversial posts belonging to Trump regarding George Floyd’s protests in the US. In his statement, Trump seemed to teach violence to the demonstrators.
“When the looting began, the shooting began,” Trump wrote on social media, Tuesday, June 2.
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Whereas on the other hand, the same post on Twitter has been affixed with a warning label “violent glorification” in the tweet. The same thing is also applied by Google openly writing that it supports racial equality and rejects injustice.
That disappointment is what drives Facebook employees to feel responsible for company policy. Which indirectly encourages Facebook to become social media that supports racism, amidst a wave of protests in the United States.
I don’t know what to do, but I know doing nothing is not acceptable. I’m a FB employee that completely disagrees with Mark’s decision to do nothing about Trump’s recent posts, which clearly incite violence. I’m not alone inside of FB. There isn’t a neutral position on racism.
– Stirman (@stirman) May 30, 2020
In protest, around 600 Facebook employees decided to walk out of virtual meetings. Some of them will even go on strike for a day and threaten to leave the company if Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t change his policy to re-moderate Trump’s posts.
I work at Facebook and I am not proud of how we’re showing up. The majority of coworkers I’ve spoken to feel the same way. We are making our voice heard.
– Jason Toff (@jasontoff) June 1, 2020
One of the senior Facebook employees who participated in criticizing Mark Zuckerberg’s company policies was Andrew Crow. The head of Facebook’s design has clearly insinuated Mark Zuckerberg, who actually allowed Trump to post on the Facebook platform.
“Censoring information that can help people see the full picture is wrong. But providing a platform to incite violence and spread disinformation is unacceptable, regardless of who you are or whether it is newsworthy,” Andrew wrote on Twitter.
It is known, Over the past week, Donald Trump has been busy making posts on social media related to the George Floyd protest in the US. In his statement, Trump seemed to teach violence to the demonstrators.
Previously, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg also expressed his support for opposing the issue of racial injustice in America. Through his personal page, the Facebook boss made a donation of 10 million US dollars or equivalent to Rp144 billion for human rights groups and people who need civil rights assistance, after the George Floyd incident.
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