80% of Facebook Employees Agree With the Decision to Ban Trump

Bans may be permanent

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According to a new survey from Blind, 80% of Facebook’s employees agreed that the company did the right thing when it banned US President Donald Trump from using its services for the remainder of his presidency. 75% of Twitter employees agreed with a similar move from that company.

Blind says that Twitter “has flagged dozens of the president’s tweets for disputed or misleading information this election season. But Trump’s status as a world leader offered him special treatment under Twitter’s policies.”

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Employees of most other technology companies agreed. According to Blind’s data, at least 70% of employees surveyed at Amazon, Google and Microsoft felt that Facebook and Twitter made the right move. Only one company, Samsung, was divided, with only 53% of those surveyed supporting Twitter and Facebook’s actions (this may be due to a small sample size of 15 respondents).

Blind’s respondents remain anonymous, to protect their privacy. According to the company, a…