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Theory Q, And on from both
Facebook and Instagram, but

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just 4 weeks before the
election, Critics say Facebook

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is not doing enough to stop
hate groups from operating on

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the site. Nbc's Jolene Kent
spoke exclusively with the

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former Facebook engineer. Why
did you decide to leave

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Facebook is really dropping the
ball on how to respond to this

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moment and it's creating a lot
of harm. After more than 5

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years of Facebook, A shook
walked away from their

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engineering job last month,
citing what. Says is the

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company's unwillingness to stop
rampant hate speech and racism

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on the platform. You say
Facebook is on the wrong side

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of history. Why do you say that
it's very clear to me after

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everything that's happened that
Facebook's work has life and

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death consequences like the
fatal shootings in Kenosha

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believes the company was too
slow to remove a call to arms

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by a self-proclaimed militia
group that critics believe

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contributed to the death of two
protesters. Facebook took down

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the group's page the next day,
saying it violated it's

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dangerous individuals and
organizations. Policy is one of

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several Facebook engineers who
have recently left the company

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in protest to current Facebook
employees who spoke to Nbc News

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anonymously for fear of losing
their jobs, described working

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at Facebook as a daily crisis
of integrity that the company

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is complicit. I did not believe
there was a way while working

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there that I could help move
the company to take more

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seriously. Some of these really
critical issues. Not raise

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concerns to executives, but
just before quitting Facebook,

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they posted this three-page
resignation letter on an

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internal employee message
board, arguing that Facebook is

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profiting off hate. It was my
hope that sharing some thoughts

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with my colleagues might help
them realize the power they

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have to have Facebook in a
better direction with

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2.7000000000 users more than a
third of the world's

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population. Facebook has been
widely criticized for its

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handling of hate speech, racism
and disinfect. This summer,

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dozens of companies like
McDonald's, Coca Cola and Nike

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pulled advertising on Facebook
and Instagram for a month or

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longer. Facebook says. they've
banned 250 white supremacist

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organizations and removed over
4000000 posts supporting hate

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groups, adding we've invested
billions of dollars to keep

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hate off of our platform. Well,
there's more to do any

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suggestion that we aren't
taking action against hate is

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disproved by the progress that
we've made and tonight pledging

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a sweeping. Ban of all Q and on
accounts, but Ceo Mark

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Zuckerberg told Congress last
summer. It's complicated,

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saying we do not want to become
the arbiter of truth believes

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Facebook should do more
speaking out to push for change

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the consequences that we're
facing as a society as a world

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are probably worse than maybe
me not being able to get

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another tax job. Jolene Kent
Nbc News