Zuckerberg faces staff revolt
Tech Life
BBC
4.3 • 227 Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Facebook staff strike out at a decision by their boss not to moderate Donald Trump’s postings, despite Twitter having done so. How are long-running tensions between India and China affecting the way Indians see Chinese technology? And why philanthropist and Microsoft founder Bill Gates has become a target for outlandish conspiracy theories about Coronavirus. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC tech reporter Chris Fox. Produced by Jat Gill.
(Image: Mark Zuckerberg talking about free expression at Georgetown University in 2019, Credit: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/ AFP/ Getty Images)
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| 0:49.5 | We hear how Mark Zuckerberg is struggling with an internal revolt over his decision not to act on Donald |
| 0:55.8 | Trump's posts. Chinese tech products are hugely popular in India or were. We'll find out why a |
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