Facebook did not see fit to do the similar, leading to turmoil and dissent among employees hoping the company would show more of a moral stance. Several Facebook employees walked out of their jobs on Monday in response (though employees are currently working from home, they did not sign in to work).
Despite his employees’ protests — and claiming he found the remarks “deeply offensive” — Zuckerberg did not budge on the company’s position. A Facebook spokesperson told Reuters that said Zuckerberg informed employees that the company had conducted a thorough review and was correct to leave the post up.
It’s not just that Facebook need follow Twitter’s lead — the company appears to not be following up on Zuckerberg’s prior promises.
Timothy Aveni, a software engineer who resigned from Facebook following the company’s inaction,