Facebook and Twitter are taking majorly divergent paths (and a "virtual walkout") because of Trump posts

Two roads diverged in the social media world... And Facebook and Twitter are definitely not on the same one. Last Friday, we talked about the Twitter feud that erupted when Twitter labeled President Trump's tweet about mail-in voting "potentially misleading." Now, a new Twitter feud is pitting two social media giants against each other:

• It all started with a Trump tweet calling looters "THUGS" who are "dishonoring the memory of George Floyd." The really problematic part: "when the looting starts, the shooting starts." Trump cross-posted on Facebook.
• Twitter flagged and shielded the Minnesota riots tweet, saying it violated its policy against glorifying violence. Users now have to click a box and read the notice to view it (and it can't be retweeted).
• Facebook left the post up as is — its policy is to refrain from fact-checking or removing politicians’ posts, but also to remove posts glorifying violence. Zuck controls 58% of FB's voting shares — unlike most CEOs, he has final say over everything (including this). So...

FB employees (literally) left the chat... Some employees staged a virtual walkout over Zuck's decision. Think: shutting down MacBook, deleting Zoom, signing out of Workplace (FB's Slack copycat). Some even changed their internal company profiles to Twitter's logo. Their arguments:

• Zuck said that despite finding the post "deeply offensive," it's "better to have this discussion out in the open." He argues that FB is helping democracy by not shielding the President's post.
• Twitter argues it's helping democracy by shielding people from the President's post. See the problem?