Facebook removed a picture of her breastfeeding baby daughter Birdie. The mum-of-five was up in arms after being told her sweet snap breached policies for being too "sexual" and decided to take her complaint straight to the top.
30.05.2020 - 03:57 / thewrap.com
Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook allowed President Trump’s post about “shooting” protesters in Minneapolis to remain on its platform because “people need to know if the government is planning to deploy force.”
“Although the post had a troubling historical reference, we decided to leave it up because the National Guard references meant we read it as a warning about state action, and we think people need to know if the government is planning to deploy force,” Zuckerberg wrote in a post on
Facebook removed a picture of her breastfeeding baby daughter Birdie. The mum-of-five was up in arms after being told her sweet snap breached policies for being too "sexual" and decided to take her complaint straight to the top.
Facebook will allow users to turn off political ads in the next few weeks, a significant policy change coming after months of criticism thatpoliticians and political groups could run ads containing false information on its platform.
Ted Johnson Joe Biden’s presidential campaign launched an online petition and open letter targeting Facebook’s policies, telling CEO Mark Zuckerberg that the platform has taken “no meaningful action” to root out misinformation.In the letter, the Biden campaign writes that Facebook “continues to allow Donald Trump to say anything — and to pay to ensure that his wild claims reach millions of voters. SuperPACs and other dark money groups are following his example.
Klaritza Rico Mark Zuckerberg has addressed Facebook employees who were disappointed in the CEO’s decision to not flag or take down Donald Trump’s post that suggested the Minneapolis protesters be shot at.In the memo shared publicly on Friday, Zuckerberg acknowledged the backlash and listed seven specific policies that he would be reviewing more carefully, one of them related to how Trump’s post was handled.“I know many of you think we should have labeled the President’s posts in some way last
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, during a virtual questions-and-answers meeting with employees, explained why the company didn’t take action against President Donald Trump’s recent comments on protestors and rioters in the same way other tech giants have. The decision split Facebook’s workforce, with many staging a virtual walkout earlier this week.
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, during a questions-and-answers session with employees on Tuesday, defended the company’s decision to not censor or label President Trump’s recent posts — a decision Twitter took the opposite stance on.
Several civil rights groups ripped Facebook and its two most prominent executives, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg, for not covering up President Trump’s posts with warning labels, in the same way Twitter has in the last week.
A number of Facebook employees on Monday planned a virtual walkout after executives said they would not take action concerning future posts from President Donald Trump even after some were labeled as misleading and dangerous by Twitter. Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, has held firm through the years that he believes his company's platform should be hands-off when it comes to political posts.
Facebook is pledging $10 million to fight racial injustice.
On a call with Donald Trump, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly "expressed concerns about the tone and rhetoric" the president was using in his social media posts about the nationwide protests against police brutality and outlined how Trump's comments were putting the social media giant in a difficult position. Axios reports that the president called Zuckerberg late on Friday, after a day of back and forth between Facebook and the White House over Trump'snow infamous Friday 1 a.m.
Social giant pledges $10 million to fight racial injustice
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The US President suggested the military could shoot at protestors in Minneapolis in the tweet