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Facebook engineer quits, accuses social network of ‘profiting off hate’ – Source CNET Tech

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Another Facebook engineer left the company over concerns over how the social network handles hate speech. 


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A Facebook engineer left the social media giant on Tuesday and publicly criticized the company for not doing enough to combat hate speech. 

“I’m quitting because I can no longer stomach contributing to an organization that is profiting off hate in the US and globally,” Ashok Chandwaney said in a post shared publicly on Facebook and internally with co-workers. The resignation highlights the backlash Facebook is facing from its own employees while under pressure from civil rights advocates and advertisers to…

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