In leaked audio from an internal meeting, Mark Zuckerberg says they will re-examine policies around politicians discussing the use of state force on Facebook

The company is treating a moral issue as if it's a legal one — I. The CEO — On Friday afternoon, Facebook …

The Verge 2020-06-02 Casey Newton

Context & Ripple Effects

This is the third leak in a year from inside Facebook's own walls. In leaked audio from July open meetings, Zuckerberg had already framed the company's political tightrope and breakup risk for employees; this June recording lands two days into the George Floyd protest wave, with Trump's posts about state force as the live test case.

Two days later Zuckerberg faced the same audience again in a transcript of his Tuesday all-hands on speech and racial justice, and by September leaked recordings showed the balancing act hardening — employees demanding a harder line on Trump while other users pushed the opposite way. The pattern across all three: internal dissent forcing policy language out of the CEO before it's formally announced.

First-order effects

Facebook's existing carve-out letting politicians' speech stand is now under formal review specifically where it touches state force — the rule that currently shields posts like Trump's from moderation action.

Second-order effects

Employees who escalated over Trump's posts gain a concrete lever: the review gives internal critics a documented commitment they can hold leadership to, raising the cost of another 'moral issue treated as a legal one' defense.
Every platform governing political speech now has to draw the same line Zuckerberg is redrawing — whether incitement-adjacent content from elected officials stays exempt when it references force.

Third-order effects

If the review ends the blanket politician exemption, platform governance shifts from neutrality-by-default toward content-based rules for the powerful — a structural change regulators and rivals would both have to respond to.

The trend: Platform governance of political speech is moving from universal exemptions for politicians toward case-by-case rules forged under employee and public pressure, with leaks doing the disclosing.

Discussion

@ryanchris Ryan Freitas on x
Mark is wrong, and I will endeavor in the loudest possible way to change his mind.
@acdlite Andrew Clark on x
There's a real debate about whether Facebook should fact-check, suppress, or de-platform demagogic politicians. Personally, I think we should be doing at least the first two. But to me, there's a deeper issue: Facebook is breaking society, and we're not doing enough to fix it.
@aweary Brandon Dail on x
Disappointed that, again, I need to call this out: Trump's glorification of violence on Facebook is disgusting and it should absolutely be flagged or removed from our platforms. I categorically disagree with any policy that does otherwise.
@ninzucchi Nick Inzucchi on x
Mark Zuckerberg doesn't understand state violence. https://twitter.com/...
@acdlite Andrew Clark on x
To the few of you who commended my bravery for posting this: I disagree. I don't fear retaliation at all. Didn't even occur to me. That is one thing (among many) I do appreciate about Facebook's culture. But, this seems hardly the right moment to blow smoke up their ass. https://…
@chrissyfarr Christina Farr on x
A health-tech CEO takes a stand. @orenfrank says he'll resume talks with Facebook if the company does more to moderate and curate its content. “We will not support a platform that incites violence, racism, and lies.” https://www.cnbc.com/...
@richardjnieva Richard Nieva on x
Interesting turn, as the uproar now starts to impact Facebook's business dealings. “I don't think they are evil people, but do think they turned out to be an evil company,” Talkspace CEO said. https://twitter.com/...
@gregbensinger @gregbensinger on x
Weeks? Now is the time to do this! The president has used Facebook thus for years https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@starfire2258 Sean Hollister on x
We don't have weeks. https://twitter.com/...
@manmademoon Duncan Jones on x
“Are you ready? ...no... are YOU ready? Is this... is the mic on? Good. Ok. Ready? Alright..... I'm disgusted at the President! ....d'you get it? How was it? I felt like it sounded whiney. Let me do it again.” https://twitter.com/...
@ruskin147 Rory Cellan-Jones on x
I imagine the Zuckerberg audio was deliberately leaked by Facebook... https://twitter.com/...
@trevorphillippi Trevor Phillippi on x
FB's position is wrong and an insult to black people.
@stirman @stirman on x
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.
@jasontoff Jason Toff on x
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.
@ceciliakang Cecilia Kang on x
Civil rights leaders went into a call with Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg tonight with low expectations. They were not disappointed. Mark didn't comprehend/accept history of voter suppression and that Trump's tweets could stoke violence against demonstrators. More to come
@klonick Kate Klonick on x
Sources tell me that Facebook employees are changing their internal employee-Facebook profile images to the Twitter logo in protest https://twitter.com/...
@juliacarriew Julia Carrie Wong on x
A decent number of Facebook employees have voiced dissent with Mark Zuckerberg's decision to allow Donald Trump to threaten violence against protesters on the platform in the past few hours https://twitter.com/...
@juliacarriew Julia Carrie Wong on x
While some Facebook employees protest Mark Zuckerberg's decision to allow Trump to threaten violence, Stanford students are protesting a professor's use of the N-word in class on Wednesday. That professor? Co-chair of Facebook's new ‘Supreme Court’ https://www.theguardian.com/ ..…
@iamnbutler Nate Butler on x
I've shared others posts, but I need to be clear-FB is on the wrong side of this and I can't support their stance. Doing nothing isn't Being Bold. Many of us feel this way.
@kurtwagner8 Kurt Wagner on x
Something big is happening at FB - employees are speaking out publicly against CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision not to remove Donald Trump's posts glorifying violence In the many years I've covered FB, I've never seen this kind of public criticism before https://www.bloomberg.com/.…
@mosseri @mosseri on x
We hear you, we see you, and we are with you. We stand against racism. We stand with our black community. We stand with all those working toward justice. These past few weeks have been depressing and infuriating. We all deserve to live with dignity and without fear of violence. h…
@chrismasterson Chris Masterson on x
Honestly embarassed to say I ever worked at Facebook. Learned a lot from some great people, but wow, fuck that company.
@sarahfrier Sarah Frier on x
Facebook rarely lets employees speak publicly about internal stuff unless approved by PR. But today, the company says: “We encourage employees so speak openly when they disagree with leadership.” https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@davegillis David Gillis on x
I believe Trump's “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” tweet (cross-posted to FB), encourages extra-judicial violence and stokes racism. Respect to @Twitter's integrity team for making the enforcement call.
@matigreenspan Mati Greenspan on x
Never thought I'd hear myself say this but Zuck is right. Free speech means free speech for all. The moment you censor even one statement from one person, you open a slippery slope to full censorship of everyone. @jack has failed this test. BIG time. https://www.cnbc.com/...
@mollyjongfast Molly Jong-Fast on x
More of this, please https://twitter.com/...
@axios @axios on x
Civil rights leaders said after meeting with Mark Zuckerberg on leaving up Facebook posts by President Trump they say amount to calls for violence and voter suppression, “Mark is setting a very dangerous precedent” https://www.axios.com/...
@superrrsara Sara Zhang on x
Internally we are voicing our concerns, so far to no avail. I personally will continue to bring it up until something has is changed. https://twitter.com/...
@chriswarcraft @chriswarcraft on x
I hope every single organization he tries to donate to rejects his blood money. https://twitter.com/...
@axios @axios on x
On Friday morning, Facebook raised concerns to the White House about Trump's “looting” and “shooting” tweet and urged them to make a change even if it did not violate Facebook's policies, according to a source familiar with the outreach. https://www.axios.com/...
@beep Ethan Marcotte on x
Heartened by tweets I'm seeing from Facebook workers, disavowing their employer's terrible statements and violent policies. (Thread with some examples: https://twitter.com/...)
@nanjala1 Nanjala Nyabola on x
Facebook employees going on Twitter to criticise their boss is very 2020. https://twitter.com/...
@ericgarland Eric Garland on x
Never seen those names before. Did I miss their vociferous dissent on letting Facebook be used to viciously attack democracy? https://twitter.com/...
@mikerugnetta @mikerugnetta on x
If only there were some way for a group of workers to collectively bargain with their superiors in an attempt to improve things... https://twitter.com/...
@willoremus Will Oremus on x
The stance Zuckerberg has taken is not going unnoticed by Facebook's employees, who are voicing their dissent both publicly: https://twitter.com/... and internally: https://twitter.com/...
@vanitaguptacr Vanita Gupta on x
Wait, “Zuckerberg posted last night that FB is committing an additional $10M to groups working on racial justice.” No amount of money can absolve the fact that his inaction on Trump's tweets is directly putting Black lives and our very democracy in the line of fire. #bloodmoney h…
@jayrayner1 Jay Rayner on x
Lots of senior Facebook people objecting to Zuckerberg giving Trump a free run on Facebook. Anybody heard from @nick_clegg? God, he must really need the money. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@martinshovel Martin Shovel on x
The man has the moral backbone of a freshwater sponge! Facebook workers rebel over Mark Zuckerberg's refusal to act against Trump https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@pasql Pasquale D'Silva on x
Jason, please do something other than “speak”. I doubt what you work on at Facebook day to day is any more important than attacking the issues heads on. Prioritize it. Otherwise it looks like you're merely covering your butt to dodge heat. https://twitter.com/...
@kimmaicutler Kim-Mai Cutler on x
Mark Zuckerberg's pledge last night to donate 0.01% of his wealth to racial justice doesn't make up for how his product fuels hysteria and fear feeding punitive and incarceral approaches to solving racial and economic inequity. https://twitter.com/...
@shonaghosh Shona Ghosh on x
One curiosity about this: that Facebook/Google employees seem to view their CEOs implicitly or explicitly as statesman-style figures and lobby them as though they have nation-state levels of power.
@jesselehrich Jesse Lehrich on x
Zuckerberg has heard the voice of the people, so he's finally... throwing $10M at civil rights orgs while refusing to change course. https://www.facebook.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@drdenagrayson Dr. Dena Grayson on x
Facebook employees are rebelling over Mark Zuckerberg's refusal to act against @realDonaldTrump-including Zuck's *personal decision* to leave up the Facebook version of Trump's tweet that encouraged police to shoot rioters. #DeleteFacebook https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@authorkimberley Kimberley Johnson on x
WOW! Facebook employees are staging a rebellion over Zuckerberg's refusal to act against Trump, expressing their dissatisfaction with their boss on social media in a rare display of dissent from within the company. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@briannawu Brianna Wu on x
Proportional to the net worth of the average American his age, this is literally donating $1.32. https://twitter.com/...
@briannawu Brianna Wu on x
Wow, 10 million huh 🙄 https://twitter.com/...
@kylebrussell Kyle Russell on x
Amazing PR coup by @jack, banning political ads + tagging Trump tweets FB keeps Trump posts up; meanwhile Twitter is inciting violence and spreading disinformation by keeping the same content up and facilitating proliferation of videos of physical violence from rioters + police h…
@vanitaguptacr Vanita Gupta on x
Thank you @stirman. We need more and more of you to speak out. Change happens from pressure on the inside and from the outside. https://twitter.com/...
@lydiadepillis Lydia DePillis on x
At this point, the strongest check on this behavior (and that of many tech companies) is Facebook's own employees. When you're irreplaceable, you can afford to have debates with your boss in public. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
@andrewprojdent Andrew Hart on x
FB employees have now rejected “internal debate” and are speaking out publicly. 👏 https://twitter.com/...
@mikeindustries Mike Davidson on x
If you're going to stay at a company you have problems with, this is the way to do it. The most important question to ask yourself if you're in this situation is “will ME staying result in things getting fixed?” If you can create causation, stay & fight. If you can't, move on. 👊 …
@mygdal Thomas Madsen-Mygdal on x
Director of Product Design, News Feed, Facebook. https://twitter.com/...
@ceciliakang Cecilia Kang on x
Thread on Facebook employees publicly criticizing company. This never used to happen. https://twitter.com/...
Vox Theodore Schleifer on x
Change will be harder for Silicon Valley than just donating money
@sugarpirate_ @sugarpirate_ on x
Facebook's inaction in taking down Trump's post inciting violence makes me ashamed to work here. I absolutely disagree with it. I enjoy the technical parts of my job and working alongside smart/kind people, but this isn't right. Silence is complicity.
@andrewcrow Andrew on x
Censoring information that might help people see the complete picture *is* wrong. But giving a platform to incite violence and spread disinformation is unacceptable, regardless who you are or if it's newsworthy. I disagree with Mark's position and will work to make change happen.
@ktzhu @ktzhu on x
i'm taking PTO from @instagram by @facebook today for #BlackLivesMatter. i'm deeply disappointed & ashamed in how the company is showing up the world rn. fb fam - if u feel similarly, join me & let's organize. put your ~$~zuck bucks~$ where ur tweets are. support Black-led orgs!!…
@oliviasolon Olivia Solon on x
FB's security team is warning employees not to wear Facebook-branded clothing at protests to avoid “unwanted attention”
@mikeisaac Rat King on x
Facebook employees are staging an internal walkout in protest of Mark zuckerberg's decision to keep the President's inflammatory posts up, despite the company's policies on incitement to violence and voter suppression. w @sheeraf https://www.nytimes.com/...
@lunaruan Luna Ruan on x
The React Core team is joining the Facebook employee walkout in solidarity with the Black community. Facebookʼs recent decision to not act on posts that incite violence ignores other options to keep our community safe. We implore the Facebook leadership to #TakeAction. https://tw…
@juliacarriew Julia Carrie Wong on x
Facebook's oversight board has not even started hearing cases yet, and it's already had to issue a statement expressing “appreciation” that one of its co-chairs has committed not to say the N-word anymore. https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@davidakaye David Kaye on x
employee activism at facebook, following a pattern we've seen at Google (see Dragonfly) and elsewhere https://twitter.com/...
@sheeraf Sheera Frenkel on x
Nothing like this has ever happened at Facebook. Employees always voiced dissent internally. Today's walkout is a sign that anger is spilling over, and that employees don't feel heard by Zuckerberg/Sandberg https://www.nytimes.com/...
@pkafka Peter Kafka on x
“The more successful Facebook is in accomplishing its mission, the more ignorance, deception and the like there appears to be in the world.” Former Facebook pr exec @BarrySchnitt https://medium.com/...
@owenresistor Owen Anderson on x
I am proud to announce that as of the end of today, I am no longer a Facebook employee.
@superrrsara Sara Zhang on x
As allies we must stand in the way of danger, not behind. I will be participating in today's virtual walkout in solidarity with the black community inside and outside FB. #BlackLivesMatter
@cnbcfastmoney @cnbcfastmoney on x
Facebook update: $FB shares climbed 3% today despite a virtual employee walkout. Here's what that could mean for the stock, per @timseymour. https://twitter.com/...
@knguyen Kevin Nguyen on x
Seeing a lot of distraught tech workers that are disappointed in the companies they work for. You can always leave! Your skills are needed elsewhere. I left and I've never regretted it for a moment.
@sarahfrier Sarah Frier on x
Facebook now tells me they support the employees walking out in protest of the Trump post decision and therefore will not be making them spend one of their PTO days on a walkout
@caseynewton Casey Newton on x
New from me: In leaked audio from an employee all-hands, Mark Zuckerberg expressed “disgust” with Trump's posts last week and said Facebook would reexamine its policies around content related to state violence https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@neenerbot Jeannine Schafer on x
I don't agree with @Facebook's decision to not act on posts that incite violence. We implore leadership to revisit it. #TakeAction #BlackLivesMatter https://twitter.com/...
@timquirino Tim Quirino on x
Facebook's decision to not act on posts that incite violence ignores other options to keep our community safe. It pigeonholes us to address harmful user-facing content in 2 ways: keep content up or take it down. We can do better. We are asking to #TakeAction #BlackLivesMatter htt…
@ceciliakang Cecilia Kang on x
Updated: “Along with Black employees in the company, and all persons with a moral conscience, I am calling for Mark to immediately take down the President's post advocating violence, murder and imminent threat against Black people."- FB employee. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@mims X A-Xii Mims on x
Former director of corporate comms and public policy at Facebook 👇 https://twitter.com/...
@bruce_arthur Bruce Arthur on x
When history arrives, you have to pick a side https://twitter.com/...
@heerjeet Jeet Heer on x
I would strongly encourage anyone working at Facebook to join this walkout — it's your big chance to stop your company from contributing to America's self-destruction. https://twitter.com/...
@kantrowitz Alex Kantrowitz on x
Facebook employees are requesting time off today, putting an out of office message on their emails saying they're protesting company policy, and working on a list of demands to put to management. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings on x
Zuck on TV: Twitter is bad and wrong for fact checking T's tweets. Tech cos should be neutral, not “editorialize”, push back or censor. Zuck on FB: The President's tweets and posts are bad and wrong and we had a long debate over whether to remove them https://twitter.com/...
@bdotdub Benny Wong on x
I DO NOT agree w Mark's choice not to label posts that incite violence I am making my voice heard in internally. And also “walking” out today ✊ https://twitter.com/...
@susanthesquark Susan Fowler on x
I second this. Leaving big tech was one of the best decisions I ever made. https://twitter.com/...
@jimwaterson Jim Waterson on x
The dam is really breaking at Facebook/Instagram with employees all over the place going public with their anger at the Zuckerberg's position regarding Trump. (Ironically they're using Twitter to get the word out.) https://twitter.com/...
@shannoncoulter Shannon Coulter on x
I respect so much a very senior designer at Facebook would say this. I guess I do wonder if there's ever a point at which an employee becomes legitimately complicit in a problem that harms society so profoundly? If you literally make the thing that is doing the harm...? https://t…
@rmac18 @rmac18 on x
Threads like these are terrible for recruiting and morale, moreso when employees are working from home and unable to interact in person. Feels like FB management will be dealing with the externalities of its Trump decision for a long time. https://twitter.com/...
@sebmck Sebastian on x
If you work for Facebook please make a tweet like this. It's honestly the least you can do. For those with large audiences not saying anything is even more egregious. https://twitter.com/...
@ericajoy @ericajoy on x
@jasontoff jason, meet katie. time to organize! https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@lizzadwoskin Elizabeth Dwoskin on x
BREAKING: Twitter has now labeled another tweet by GOP ppl @mattgaetz because they say it violates the company's policies advocating violence. This puts more pressure on Facebook on a day when employees are already up in arms. https://twitter.com/...
@vincentriemer Vincent Riemer on x
I stand with my fellow employees and the Black community in expressing our anger towards the decision Facebook leadership has made that demonstrably fails to uphold the company's own “maxims” in keeping people safe and being bold. They need to do better and #TakeAction https://tw…
@davidakaye David Kaye on x
as fb employees speak out, my hope is that the demands not revolve solely around a specific trump post but focus on the stds that apply to content, the company's responsibility to respect rights (not just speech), & radical transparency around content moderation. https://twitter.…
@mdudas Mike Dudas on x
Facebook employees have an incredible power to change the world. This is the tech story to watch in the coming weeks. https://www.techmeme.com/...
@moorehn Heidi N. Moore on x
something something arbiters of truth https://twitter.com/...
@cori_crider Cori Crider on x
If you are joining the #FacebookWalkout, thank you. Know that your colleagues on the front lines of content moderation are having a tough time, dealing with some terrible things on their feed. If employees are interested in joining hands with moderators, let's talk. https://twitt…
@juliacarriew Julia Carrie Wong on x
If you work at Facebook and want to talk about this or anything else, I'm around. DM for Signal/WhatsApp Julia.carrie.wong@protonmail.com
@sal19 @sal19 on x
To any Facebook employees who might be considering speaking with me, here's some of my past work. Give it a read and decide if you want to chat with me: https://www.cnbc.com/... https://www.cnbc.com/... https://www.cnbc.com/... https://www.cnbc.com/... https://www.cnbc.com/...
@sheeraf Sheera Frenkel on x
We've updated our story from this morning. There are now hundreds of Facebook employees participating in today's walkout. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nicoleperlroth Nicole Perlroth on x
Dare I say, Facebook employees are leaning in. https://twitter.com/...
@sal19 @sal19 on x
Asked if FB's leadership will have a meeting to reconsider its decision, per the request of the employees partaking in today's virtual walkout, a Facebook spokesman told CNBC that the company has “No comment on this”
@_jack_poulson Jack Poulson on x
It only took 9 Google workers — the “Group of Nine” — to block federal cloud cert. and kickstart the rejection of Google's aid to drone warfare. This was the seed for the DoD adopting its own AI Principles. A small group of workers can collectively have a huge impact. https://twi…
@caseynewton Casey Newton on x
For those curious: hearing from two sources that ~400 people have participated in today's Facebook walkout so far. If I'm undercounting or you have more info hit me up! https://twitter.com/...
@gerberkawasaki Ross Gerber on x
Look at this. Facebook employees now realizing they are basically working for the forces of zucks evil empire. Plenty of other places to work. $fb #DeleteFacebook https://twitter.com/...
@julibriskman Juli Briskman on x
It's time for Facebook to take some responsibility. Twitter is stepping up and so should Facebook. https://twitter.com/...
@chelseahandler Chelsea Handler on x
I like to see this. How can celebrities do the same? #ListenUpZuck #GetTheFacts https://twitter.com/...
@brooke Brooke Hammerling on x
Well this is hitting it where it hurts. Things won't change just because of public outrage. Or internal outrage. But because of $$$$. Wow Talkspace....BOLD. Courageous. https://twitter.com/...
@inafried Ina Fried on x
Facebook workers now posting publicly as part of next phase of walkout https://twitter.com/...
@sarahfrier Sarah Frier on x
An entire team joins: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@tedonprivacy Ted on x
Having Google leadership co-opt the Walkout with “we support you protesting sexual harassment” was exceedingly frustrating. Facebook workers, make it clear that you're protesting *your management*. Name leaders. Make it crystal clear to press. Stay on message. Good luck, y'all. h…
@rhtkth Rehat on x
fb employees, spare me. speak with your actions by handing your notice in. this is the tech equivelant of thoughts and prayers. https://twitter.com/...
@godisrivera @godisrivera on x
To those employees standing up for Black lives at FB & IG right now, as a Black woman here at Twitter I stand with you all & support your effort to shine a light on what's right. Our lives, our equality & our justice are deeper than any industry rivalry. We are standing with you.…
@sugarpirate_ @sugarpirate_ on x
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
@caseynewton Casey Newton on x
Facebook employees do a legitimately brave thing and my whole timeline is like “big deal, let me know when they end capitalism”
@_jack_poulson Jack Poulson on x
“We encourage employees to speak openly when they disagree with leadership.” You know what would help with this? Formally committing your company to not prosecuting potential NDA violations when employees speak out in the public interest. Anything less is disingenuous. https://tw…
@clarajeffery Clara Jeffery on x
Ok some of them are doing a walk-out. We'll see how many and what they do when Zuck gets rolled by Trump, again: https://twitter.com/...
@nytimes @nytimes on x
Dozens of Facebook employees, in rare public criticism of their own company, staged a virtual walkout in protest of executives' inaction on inflammatory posts by President Trump https://www.nytimes.com/...
@markwarner Mark Warner on x
I'm glad to see Twitter taking action on the President's attempts to mislead voters, in violation of the platform's rules. It's a shame that Facebook seems unwilling to stand up for truth on its platform. https://twitter.com/...
@samesmail Sam Esmail on x
Facebook's best moment to date. https://twitter.com/...
@mylittlecorne11 Mylittlecorner on x
Good. We'll see if it changes anything besides their employment status. 😳 https://twitter.com/...
@mattklinman Matt Klinman on x
Don't fall for the “facebook is a platform for free expression” meme. Facebook is a platform for whatever forms of expression Facebook can make money on. https://twitter.com/...
@kantrowitz Alex Kantrowitz on x
Facebook HATES playing second fiddle to Twitter (see: WFH policy roll out). Its employees know what they're doing.
@kantrowitz Alex Kantrowitz on x
Won't be lost on Facebook leadership that its employees are speaking out through Twitter.
@bradsmi Brad Smith on x
We can and must do more to advance social justice and support the Black and African American community. https://twitter.com/...
@pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings on x
He's just so ridiculously two-faced on this issue, and totally willing to beat up Twitter for their decision without realizing the same bat will be used to beat his own company for identical decisions he's currently making when Twitter is done.
@can @can on x
Congratulations on PTO https://twitter.com/...
@mathewi Mathew Ingram on x
This kind of public protest is unheard of at Facebook, at least in my memory — will be very interested to see how the company handles this: https://www.techmeme.com/...
@pinboard @pinboard on x
The next step in this sequence is an emotional all-hands and then a beautiful letter of apology from Zuckerberg, selected by Facebook's apology sommelier
@oliviasolon Olivia Solon on x
Does this mean Facebook's pivot to free speech now includes employees? https://twitter.com/...
@hshaban Hamza Shaban on x
NYT: — Zuckerberg has moved up his weekly meeting with employees to Tuesday from Thursday. — Facebook claims “We encourage employees to speak openly when they disagree with leadership” — Employees have called for the resignation of Joel Kaplan https://www.nytimes.com/...
@joshhaber @joshhaber on x
@Techmeme They should keep walking.
@nicnguyen Nicole Nguyen on x
Tech worker dissent has been one of the most interesting stories of our time, and there's no indication it's winding down any time soon https://twitter.com/...
@alxthomp Alex Thompson on x
Facebook Employees Stage Virtual Walkout to Protest Trump Posts Two senior Facebook employees informed their managers that they would resign if Mr. Zuckerberg did not reverse his decision. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@drdenagrayson Dr. Dena Grayson on x
🔥@Facebook employees are staging a walkout today for the 1st time in the company's history, and some have threatened to QUIT, in protest of Mark Zuckerberg's decision to allow @realDonaldTrump's racist post that incites violence to stand. #DeleteFacebook https://www.nytimes.com/.…
@pinboard @pinboard on x
AOL keyword: “virtual”. I believe this is the second invisible internal walkout, not the first—there was one during the travel ban that no one noticed. https://twitter.com/...
@hshaban Hamza Shaban on x
“More than a dozen current and former employees have described the unrest as the most serious challenge to Mr. Zuckerberg's leadership since the company was founded 15 years ago.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@hshaban Hamza Shaban on x
Facebook employees are staging a virtual walkout, in a rare public display of criticism, the NYT reports. — employees added an automated message to their emails saying that they were out in a show of protest — they continue to discuss list of demands https://www.nytimes.com/...
@rebeccaballhaus Rebecca Ballhaus on x
Dozens of Facebook employees, in rare public criticism of their own company, protested executives' decision not to do anything about inflammatory posts that Trump had placed on the giant social media platform over the last week. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@kevinroose Kevin Roose on x
If Facebook was your sole news source, and you saw only the most popular links on the platform, you'd think that what happened this weekend was a violent, unprovoked attack on law enforcement by a left-wing terror group.

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