In a rare public protest at Facebook, hundreds of staff staged a virtual walkout, pushing back on Zuckerberg's choice to let Trump's inflammatory posts stand
For years … Yann LeCun / Facebook : Whenever there is a major political issue with two sides … Tweets: Donie O'Sullivan / @donie : A Facebook employee resigns. “Mark always told us that he would draw the line at speech that calls for violence. He showed us on Friday that this was a lie.” https://twitter.com/... Owen Anderson / @owenresistor : I am proud to announce that as of the end of today, I am no longer a Facebook employee. Kevin Roose / @kevinroose : Facebook software engineer quits, says in his resignation announcement that “Facebook, complicit in the propagation of weaponized hatred, is on the wrong side of history.” https://twitter.com/... @stirman : 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. @sugarpirate_ : 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. Peter Kafka / @pkafka : “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/... @ktzhu : 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!! https://twitter.com/... Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : The history of this comment is loathsome on its own, but you don't need to be a historian to understand that suggesting extrajudicial shootings is bad. This is more intellectually bereft nonsense from Mark Zuckerberg, the man who cannot be fired. https://www.vox.com/... @justinhendrix : “... we are watching the United States succumb to the same kind of social media-fueled division that has gotten people killed in the Philippines, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. I'm scared for my country and I'm done trying to justify this.” https://twitter.com/... Clive Lewis MP / @labourlewis : Mark Zuckerberg knows exactly what he's doing. He knows his corporation's ability pursue it's aggressive ‘surveillance capitalism’ is best served under @realDonaldTrump presidency. https://www.theguardian.com/ ... Elise Hu / @elisewho : Facebook Employee: “Facebook is providing a platform that enables politicians to radicalize individuals and glorify violence” https://twitter.com/... Gabriel Oguda / @gabrieloguda : There was a time Mark Zuckerberg came to Kenya and the techies were drooling over him for a photo op. This is Facebook's employee calling him out. But if you ask his fans in Africa to take a stand you will hear pin drop silence, because the stomach is their only agemate. https://twitter.com/... Rogue P. Bigham / @jeffbigham : zuck is sorry that Facebook engineer Timothy J. Aveni resigned because zuck failed to draw the line at speech that calls for violence like he promised he would, ok?!!? https://twitter.com/... Erica Joy / @ericajoy : dear black people at facebook: i am so sorry. https://twitter.com/... Apoorv Khatreja / @ap00rv : I've said it before, I'll say it again. If you're someone who works at Facebook, and have the luxury of being easily employed elsewhere, please quit your job. Encourage your coworkers to quit too. Being employed at Facebook will be a red mark on your resume for decades. https://twitter.com/... Phil Jimenez / @philjimeneznyc : I have not deleted my FB account yet because I'm still trying to cull photographs and certain memories/info from it. But fuck, their leadership is awful — and dangerous https://www.theguardian.com/ ... Harry McCann / @theharrymcc : “Mark always told us that he would draw the line at speech that calls for violence. He showed us on Friday that this was a lie.” A rather incredible, and telling line from Timothy J. Aveni as he resigns from Facebook. https://twitter.com/... Bradley P. Moss / @bradmossesq : Maybe @Harvard should update it's American History 101 courses https://twitter.com/... Gary Marcus / @garymarcus : Facebook employee Timothy Aveni stands up to Zuck. Will any of its AI researchers do the same? https://twitter.com/... @dhh : “Being a part of Mark Zuckerberg's algorithmic empire is a choice. If you believe that Facebook is causing long-term damage to our society, and you don't agree with their values or their approach to doing business, you can choose to leave.” https://om.co/... @firatdemirel : Om and his shining words. 👌 “... Mark Zuckerberg's algorithmic empire... If you believe that Facebook is causing long-term damage to our society, and you don't agree with their values or their approach to doing business, you can choose to leave.” @om https://om.co/... Violet Blue / @violetblue : Don't praise or amplify Facebook employees for waiting until it's too late. Their salary is paid for by Black pain and death now. FB let corona truthers run wild and now there are enough dead Americans from COVID-19 to fill our nation's largest stadium. This dude will be FINE. https://twitter.com/... Rat King / @mikeisaac : 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/... Aaron Levie / @levie : Corporate democracy in action. https://twitter.com/... Brandon Dail / @aweary : 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. Elizabeth Dwoskin / @lizzadwoskin : context for today's walkout. I'm hearing that there's very little chance that Zuck backs down https://twitter.com/... Shannon Coulter / @shannoncoulter : YEAH!! 🙌 THIS is what I want to see!! Engineering management quitting is what gets a tech board's attention. Hope many follow your example. Way to lead, Owen. https://twitter.com/... Olivia Solon / @oliviasolon : FB's security team is warning employees not to wear Facebook-branded clothing at protests to avoid “unwanted attention” Luna Ruan / @lunaruan : 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://twitter.com/... @shahmiruk : Jeeeeeeesus. @Facebook is messed up man. @sherylsandberg & Zuckerberg are frightening. They are watching the police do what they are doing in America and still can't connect how their platform has been directly responsible for this! It is wild. https://twitter.com/... X A-Xii Mims / @mims : Former director of corporate comms and public policy at Facebook 👇 https://twitter.com/... Julia Carrie Wong / @juliacarriew : 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/... Bruce Arthur / @bruce_arthur : When history arrives, you have to pick a side https://twitter.com/... Jeet Heer / @heerjeet : 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/...
A Facebook employee resigns. “Mark always told us that he would draw the line at speech that calls for violence. He showed us on Friday that this was a lie.” https://twitter.com/...
Facebook software engineer quits, says in his resignation announcement that “Facebook, complicit in the propagation of weaponized hatred, is on the wrong side of history.” https://twitter.com/...
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.
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.
“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/...
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!!…
The history of this comment is loathsome on its own, but you don't need to be a historian to understand that suggesting extrajudicial shootings is bad. This is more intellectually bereft nonsense from Mark Zuckerberg, the man who cannot be fired. https://www.vox.com/...
“... we are watching the United States succumb to the same kind of social media-fueled division that has gotten people killed in the Philippines, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. I'm scared for my country and I'm done trying to justify this.” https://twitter.com/...
Mark Zuckerberg knows exactly what he's doing. He knows his corporation's ability pursue it's aggressive ‘surveillance capitalism’ is best served under @realDonaldTrump presidency. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
There was a time Mark Zuckerberg came to Kenya and the techies were drooling over him for a photo op. This is Facebook's employee calling him out. But if you ask his fans in Africa to take a stand you will hear pin drop silence, because the stomach is their only agemate. https://…
zuck is sorry that Facebook engineer Timothy J. Aveni resigned because zuck failed to draw the line at speech that calls for violence like he promised he would, ok?!!? https://twitter.com/...
I've said it before, I'll say it again. If you're someone who works at Facebook, and have the luxury of being easily employed elsewhere, please quit your job. Encourage your coworkers to quit too. Being employed at Facebook will be a red mark on your resume for decades. https://t…
I have not deleted my FB account yet because I'm still trying to cull photographs and certain memories/info from it. But fuck, their leadership is awful — and dangerous https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
“Mark always told us that he would draw the line at speech that calls for violence. He showed us on Friday that this was a lie.” A rather incredible, and telling line from Timothy J. Aveni as he resigns from Facebook. https://twitter.com/...
“Being a part of Mark Zuckerberg's algorithmic empire is a choice. If you believe that Facebook is causing long-term damage to our society, and you don't agree with their values or their approach to doing business, you can choose to leave.” https://om.co/...
Om and his shining words. 👌 “... Mark Zuckerberg's algorithmic empire... If you believe that Facebook is causing long-term damage to our society, and you don't agree with their values or their approach to doing business, you can choose to leave.” @om https://om.co/...
Don't praise or amplify Facebook employees for waiting until it's too late. Their salary is paid for by Black pain and death now. FB let corona truthers run wild and now there are enough dead Americans from COVID-19 to fill our nation's largest stadium. This dude will be FINE. ht…
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/...
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.
YEAH!! 🙌 THIS is what I want to see!! Engineering management quitting is what gets a tech board's attention. Hope many follow your example. Way to lead, Owen. https://twitter.com/...
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…
Jeeeeeeesus. @Facebook is messed up man. @sherylsandberg & Zuckerberg are frightening. They are watching the police do what they are doing in America and still can't connect how their platform has been directly responsible for this! It is wild. https://twitter.com/...
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/...
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/...