On a heated call with employees on Tuesday, the Facebook CEO refused to change course on the company's decision to allow a post by Donald Trump that has been criticized for "glorifying violence," according to a source familiar with the matter. The New York Times first reported on the meeting .
Mark Zuckerberg isn't backing down.
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As protests over police brutality have engulfed the US in recent days, Facebook has faced a wave of internal unrest . It was sparked by the company's refusal to take action against a post by Trump, which said "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" a phrase used by a Southern police chief during civil rights unrest in the 1960s.
It was also posted to Twitter, which determined that the tweet was "glorifying violence" and attached a warning label to it but Mark Zuckerberg said that it didn't break Facebook's rules.
Facebook employees have responded with the company's largest public protest in its 16-year history, with dozens tweeting their objections to the decision, and as many as 400 taking part in a virtual walkout on Monday, according to The Verge . (Most employees are currently working from home due to the pandemic.) At least one has publicly resigned in protest, accusing the company of being "on the wrong side of history."
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