Opinion: Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg disappoint once again


By Tae Kim

Zuckerberg and Sandberg met civil rights groups for about an hour, but offered little in terms of concessions related to their policies for managing content on their social networks. — AP

Facebook Inc still doesn’t get it.

A widely anticipated meeting on July 7 between the social media giant and the civil rights groups behind the recent Facebook ad boycott – including the Anti-Defamation League, NAACP and Color of Change – did not go well. The New York Times reported CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg met for about an hour on a video-conference call, but offered little in terms of concessions related to their policies for managing content on their social networks.

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