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Facebook shut anonymous employee group after Trump election
San Francisco Chronicle / SFGate.com ^ | Updated 2:36 pm, Friday, August 18, 2017 | By Hamza Shaban

Posted on 08/19/2017 9:34:20 PM PDT by thecodont

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg shut down an anonymous employee group following the election of Donald Trump, after it devolved into a forum for divisive political commentary that alarmed management, according to a report by Business Insider.

Named Facebook Anon, the group was formed in March 2015 as a side project by some employees and hosted innocuous discussions about office culture and workplace gripes. But in the months leading up to the 2016 presidential election, the group’s discussions became more political and more hostile.

According to the report, employees with conservative political beliefs saw the group as a sanctuary, and it specifically attracted Trump supporters. But even as right-leaning staff had found a haven in which to speak candidly, Zuckerberg concluded that the group was being used to harass employees, Business Insider wrote. By December, Facebook shut down the anonymous group, but it explained to employees why only months later at a recurring all-hands meeting, according to the report.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: 2016election; facebook

1 posted on 08/19/2017 9:34:20 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: thecodont

I wonder if he thinks all his money will save him from a blindfold and cigarette?


2 posted on 08/19/2017 9:39:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: thecodont
James Damore...sparked condemnation from many who saw his views as sexist. Others, however, including far-right publications...

The left and the MSM have a political spectrum in which there are only their views and the "far right." There is never any "right," "only "far right."

3 posted on 08/19/2017 9:45:34 PM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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To: thecodont

Coming soon. The attack on anyone who is right of center speecn is being labeled as HATE speech by white superacists and that’s just okay to not only shut conservatives down but beat and kill us to prevent us from speaking.

Hell even Trump got in on the action today tweeting praise for the quote ANTI HATE protesters in Boston.

Really? So..the violent thugs on the left are now ANTI HATE and the people holding a free speech rally were the ones who hate? Gotcha.

FAMOUS LAST WORDS:

Bannon: ‘Trump presidency that we fought for, and won, is over’

And spare your hate and calling me a snowflake. it’s pretty clear we’ve been had.


4 posted on 08/19/2017 9:49:36 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: Meet the New Boss

There isn’t even moderate conservative to them ALL republicans are evil far right white supremacists. Now they have the entire political establishments love and support, even POTUS, to violent attack or shut us down online because of our words that offend them so much.


5 posted on 08/19/2017 9:51:17 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: thecodont

What a joke. Try getting Facebook to remove posts that really do violate their terms of service; it’s almost impossible. Zuckerberg (translation: Sugar Town) is a phony and a douchebag.


6 posted on 08/19/2017 9:55:27 PM PDT by nickedknack ("Your time is up!")
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To: nickedknack

Amen ! I’ve never done Facebook and I never will.


7 posted on 08/19/2017 10:30:07 PM PDT by BillyCuccio (MAGA)
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To: Meet the New Boss

Exactly !
Has the media Ever uttered the phrase ‘far left’ ?


8 posted on 08/19/2017 10:44:04 PM PDT by A strike (Academia is almost as racist as Madison Ave.)
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To: snarkytart

Yep, getting Trump into the WH just gave the left exactly what they needed to gin up their revolution.

End game.


9 posted on 08/19/2017 11:19:51 PM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: A strike

>> Has the media Ever uttered the phrase ‘far left’ ?

The MSM is Disney, Comcast, Viacom, and now AT&T. You have options.


10 posted on 08/20/2017 12:06:30 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: snarkytart
Bannon: ‘Trump presidency that we fought for, and won, is over’
Due to your quest to spew fake news, ignorance or lack of comprehension, you quoted and read only a mis-leading head line .

Ignorance is bliss.

11 posted on 08/20/2017 12:57:46 AM PDT by lewislynn ( Transgender: A person who thinks s/he's wrong side out.)
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To: lewislynn

That’s an actual Bannon quote, and it’s not taking out of context.


12 posted on 08/20/2017 10:34:03 AM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: thecodont

If you dare to disagree with a leftist in any way they consider it “microaggression” and “harassment.”

Our civilization is in a bad way.


13 posted on 09/13/2017 2:51:18 PM PDT by Enchante
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