{"id":36238,"date":"2021-06-10T17:12:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T00:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=36238"},"modified":"2021-06-10T17:12:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T00:12:20","slug":"advocacy-groups-target-facebook-employees-in-push-to-keep-trump-off-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=36238","title":{"rendered":"Advocacy groups target Facebook employees in push to keep Trump off platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Advocacy groups are targeting Facebook\u2019s employees with an ad campaign urging the platform to keep former\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ybfcypmrvssnwpwsnfkvvnccvmntsmszzgvrpbtslmlfsv_xcbdrrhvhtdbvhhbvdcj.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ybfcypmrvssnwpwsnfkvvnccvmntsmszzgvrpbtslmlfsv_xcbdrrhvhtdbvhhbvdcj.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623449265127000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEdidBbkPqA0KcfcoHJY7xyaG3FQg\">President Trump<\/a>\u00a0banned permanently.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>More than 30 advocacy groups ran a full page ad in the San Jose Mercury News on Thursday slamming the platform\u2019s announcement last week that it would keep Trump\u2019s suspension in place\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ahksrvbzlmmncvcmnyhllnsslbngmbmwwplzvtgmkbkykb_xcbdrrhvhtdbvhhbvdcj.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ahksrvbzlmmncvcmnyhllnsslbngmbmwwplzvtgmkbkykb_xcbdrrhvhtdbvhhbvdcj.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623449265127000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEqz3yRBFCbT8Vptflp2yWXBbt4aA\">until at least 2023<\/a>, leaving open the possibility of his return ahead of the 2024 election.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The ad featured\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/qgmhyjnqdmmtcjcmtvgddthhdntrmnmbbfdqjprmwnwvwm_xcbdrrhvhtdbvhhbvdcj.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/qgmhyjnqdmmtcjcmtvgddthhdntrmnmbbfdqjprmwnwvwm_xcbdrrhvhtdbvhhbvdcj.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623449265127000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGBK0jmLzPs2Po0i3PDzcC43BvYkA\">a letter signed<\/a>\u00a0by the groups, including Media Matters for America, Accountable Tech, the Anti-Defamation League, Avaaz and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, to Facebook CEO\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/rgjwyhjflccpshscpkgllpwwljpbcjcqqvlfhtbcrjrkrr_xcbdrrhvhtdbvhhbvdcj.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/rgjwyhjflccpshscpkgllpwwljpbcjcqqvlfhtbcrjrkrr_xcbdrrhvhtdbvhhbvdcj.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623449265127000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFqwI1nFiA3ixgcnf6cpTb5fhUIvw\">Mark Zuckerberg<\/a>\u00a0calling it \u201cunconscionable\u201d to even consider giving Trump a chance to return.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou would be handing him the megaphone through which he incited an insurrection \u2014 all without implementing meaningful design or enforcement changes to prevent the worst from happening again,\u201d the letter states.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The newspaper ad is part of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/qvdhyjnqdmmtcjcmtvgddthhdntrmnmbbfdqjprmwnwvws_xcbdrrhvhtdbvhhbvdcj.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/qvdhyjnqdmmtcjcmtvgddthhdntrmnmbbfdqjprmwnwvws_xcbdrrhvhtdbvhhbvdcj.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623449265127000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH_4t-iFgbxhaWZHYoRu6DDgkIGBw\">six-figure ad campaign<\/a>\u00a0launched by Media Matters and Accountable Tech that also includes digital ads, as well as billboard and truck banners near Facebook\u2019s corporate offices.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advocacy groups are targeting Facebook\u2019s 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