OTI Won't Take Facebook Funding - Multichannel

"Last week, leadership at Facebook refused to take down a post from President Donald Trump threatening that 'when the looting starts, the shooting starts' in reference to nationwide demonstrations against police brutality, as well as other posts from the President that promoted disinformation about mail-in voting," OTI said. "In reflection on Facebook’s years of struggles to implement content moderation policies that do not reinforce systems of racism, and in light of the failure of the company’s leaders to respond meaningfully to concerns raised against the backdrop of the past weeks’ deep turmoil, the Open Technology Institute has decided that, as of today, it will decline further funding from Facebook."