Everyone Shouting 'DeleteFacebook'

Everyone 'shouting' with the hashtag, deletefacebook, this is trending and already everywhere, especially on social media after it was said that Mark Zuckerberg held informal meetings with reactionary politicians in the US.

The news website Politico reported that the meeting started in July.

Politico hinted that the meetings were part of a "broader effort to cultivate friends on the right".

Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on Facebook that he had "dinners with lots of people across the spectrum".

Hearing different viewpoints was "part of learning", he said. "If you haven't tried it, I suggest you do."

In May 2019, after the platform banned seven right-wing commentators, the US President Donald Trump accused Facebook of censorship.

People have been using the deletefacebook hashtag to express their views about the platform, which include criticisms of its failure to stop the spread of disinformation and remove harmful content.

Ryan Fournier, who chairs Student for Trump, tweeted, "Mark Zuckerberg had meetings with conservative politicians and commentators... in an effort to make the platform less biased."

Others said they needed the platform for professional reasons and for managing their friend networks.

"Facebook will have real issues if people start refusing to use it because there's a sense that the firm isn't doing the right thing," said business journalist, Matthew Gwyther.

"There's no great evidence that this is happening at the moment... but it does seem that there's a negative story almost every day."

It was said by Mr Gwyther that it was not unusual in itself for a company the size of Facebook to be talking to both left- and right-wing politicians.

"It would be odd if they weren't," he added.

The deletefacebook hashtag previously trended in March 2018, following the revelations of the Cambridge Analytical data scandal.

But I am certain all the noise will die down in a couple of weeks.

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A lot of people are trying to protest before Facebook come up with policy that affects people negatively. That's okay, but the solution isn't deleting Facebook.

It's high time we stopped all #deletefacebook and do the right thing with and on this platform called Facebook.

You can share your thought and let's know why you support #deletefacebook.