As things get heated on internal message boards, Facebook mulls moderating employees' posts

A year ago on getting complaints about heated, abusive posts, Google told staff to be responsible and thoughtful on internal message boards.

Facebook India chief Ajit Mohan gives hate speech hearing a miss

Last week, a Delhi Assembly panel had summoned him to determine if the social networking site deliberately ignored instances of hate speech.

The rights group said the bias in policy led by Ankhi Das had spurred violence against minorities in India.

The rights groups said the bias in policy led by Ankhi Das had spurred violence against minorities in India.

Online posts could also help document atrocities and abuses such as chemical weapons attacks in Syria and police abuse in the United States.

It was unclear what prevented the social media companies from following their own rules for content moderation on blocking hate speech.

Disney, Facebook's biggest advertiser this year, joins hundreds of firms that paused spending on the social media platforms.

They said at a virtual meeting with Zuckerberg they "didn’t hear anything...to convince us that Zuckerberg and colleagues are taking action"

Data of past boycotts suggests the observable impact is relatively mild, a business intelligence firm said.

The company said it would continue using social media to communicate with its clients and employees.