Facebook employees say discontent at the company has surged over its handling of government demands to take down content in India and Israel
The social network wrongly bowed to government demands to take down content in the countries, employees said, in more signs of internal dissent. Tweets: @sidhubaba , @karan_singhs , @sheeraf , @puiwingtam , and @shiraovide See also Mediagazer Tweets: Siddhartha Mahanta / @sidhubaba : Were these aggrieved Facebook employees born, like, yesterday? https://www.nytimes.com/... Karan Deep Singh / @karan_singhs : After Facebook blocked content in India critical of the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, its employees asked why the company had helped Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India stifle dissent. https://www.nytimes.com/... @sheeraf @MikeIsaac Sheera Frenkel / @sheeraf : Facebook employees are mad about what they see as Facebook concessions to governments in Israel and India, and they are pressing executives over those decisions. Story with @MikeIsaac https://www.nytimes.com/... Pui-Wing Tam / @puiwingtam : Facebook employees: FB is bowing to strongmen governments, stifling dissent and silencing activists. Also Facebook employees: No, international relations is complex. It's better that we're in these countries than not at all. @sheeraf @MikeIsaac https://www.nytimes.com/... Shira Ovide / @shiraovide : This is all complicated stuff. But I don't want to let go of the surprise that Facebook has become a State Department. https://www.nytimes.com/... See also Mediagazer