‘Stunned’ Civil Rights Activists Rip Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Over Trump Treatment

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorFacebook on Friday removed a video posted by President Donald Trump — which was faked to appear as if it had aired on CNN — after receiving a copyright-infringement claim.“We received a copyright complaint from the rights holder of this video under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and have removed the post,” a Facebook spokesperson confirmed to Variety.On Thursday, Trump cross-posted a meme video to Twitter and Facebook that was doctored with fake CNN chyrons

Ted Johnson Facebook said that is has removed an ad from President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign that featured an upside down red triangle, a symbol that was once used by Nazis to identify political prisoners.“We removed these posts and ads for violating our policy against organized hate,” said Andy Stone, a Facebook spokesman.

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

defended the company’s decision to not censor or label Trump’s recent posts — a decision Twitter took the opposite stance on.According to a recording of the meeting obtained by The New York Times, he said Facebook’s approach to free speech shows “that the right action where we are right now is to leave this up.” He was referring to Facebook’s decision to not censor the president’s post from last Friday where he wrote “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.”Facebook employees staged a

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.

“Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough called the gassing of protesters prior to President Donald Trump’s St. John’s Church photo-op Monday “despicable” and called for Secretary of Defense Mark Esper — who backed the removal of the protesters — to resign.

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.

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.

By Dade Hayes

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

By Todd Spangler

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.”