Groups Urge Facebook’s Zuckerberg, Sandberg to Step Down as Directors
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg should step down from the board, civil rights groups wrote the company Tuesday. Groups including Freedom From Facebook and Southern Poverty Law Center claimed Facebook leadership ignored racial propaganda and…
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bigoted campaigns on the platform, and criticized the company allegedly hiring an outside firm to target platform critics via anti-Semitic attacks (see 1811150039). The groups demanded Facebook publish its long-awaited civil rights audit by Jan. 31 and remove Vice President-Global Public Policy Joel Kaplan. Citing propaganda and data breaches, the NAACP launched a campaign urging users to log out of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp on Tuesday. The parent company Tuesday updated the civil rights audit headed by American Civil Liberties Union Director-Washington Office Laura Murphy, who committed to issuing a second update in 2019. Murphy recommended Facebook increase resources for voter suppression- and election integrity-related efforts, crack down on fake accounts and create a civil rights accountability structure. Sandberg said the civil rights audit is one of her top priorities in 2019.