Conservative Facebook employees create a group to complain about ‘political monoculture’
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At Facebook, some employees have joined an online group to complain about what they say are the company’s left-leaning politics, reports the New York Times.
It’s named FB’ers for Political Diversity, and was created by Brian Amerige, a senior engineer at the social media giant.
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Amerige wrote a post called “We Have a Problem With Political Diversity” on Facebook’s internal message board, which was shared with the Times.
“We are a political monoculture that’s intolerant of different views,” reads the post. “We claim to welcome all perspectives, but are quick to attack — often in mobs — anyone who presents a view that appears to be in opposition to left-leaning ideology.” Read more…
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