Facebook's response to the same content,in a post from Zuckerberg on Friday,was to say,"We think people need to know if the government is planning to deploy force."
Several senior figures at Facebook expressed strong disagreement.
"Mark is wrong,and I will endeavour in the loudest possible way to change his mind,"said Ryan Freitas,director of product design for Facebook's News Feed.
"I apologise if you were waiting for me to have some sort of external opinion. I focused on organising 50+ likeminded folks into something that looks like internal change."
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"Giving a platform to incite violence and spread disinformation is unacceptable,regardless who you are or if it's newsworthy,"wrote Andrew Crow,head of design for Facebook's Portal product line.
Joining them with individual messages against the passive policy were Design Manager Jason Stirman,Director of Product Management Jason Toff and Product Designer Sara Zhang,who tweeted that"Internally we are voicing our concerns,so far to no avail."