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Employees Worry Facebook Isn't Addressing Political Disinformation

Some 2,900 Facebook employees asked CEO Mark Zuckerberg to address at a company-wide meeting what Facebook would do if Donald Trump used the social media platform to undermine the results of the November 2020 Presidential election. So reports BuzzFeed.

facebook 2429746 640 smallThis follows growing concern by company employees about such a scenario and other political disinformation and inconsistent application of its rules. Facebook’s internal “workplace” platform has been buzzing about these topics recently.

In one example, a senior engineer at the firm collected and shared internal evidence that Facebook was giving special treatment to prominent conservatives by helping them delete fact-checks from the content they post and share. Facebook responding by firing the engineer, removing the post and restricting access to the information shared.

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