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Dozens of Facebook employees staged a virtual walkout on Monday in protest of the company’s decision not to take action against incendiary posts by President Donald ***** last week, according to The New York Times.
The virtual walkout comes on the heels of a decision from Facebook not to take any action against a series of controversial posts from ***** last week, including one that seemed to threaten violence against protestors by saying, “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.” Twitter determined that the same message violated its rules against the glorification of violence last week, limiting the ability to view, like, reply, and retweet the post on its platform.
According to the Times, employees took the day off to support…