on the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Wednesday, Trump took to social media to continue spewing baseless claims of election fraud that had incited his supporters in the first place.
Facebook employees also slammed what they said was a lack of speed and aggressiveness in dealing with the extreme situation in Washington, according to BuzzFeed News. . Facebook did not respond to a request for comment on this story, but spokesperson Liz Bourgeois told BuzzFeed News that Facebook's"employees are actively discussing today's horrible events internally.", and the company has historically allowed its tens of thousands of employees to openly discuss even contentious political topics in its internal messaging boards.
But over the past few years, Facebook has faced increasing criticism - externally as well as internally - for failing to crack down on disinformation and hate speech, both of which have grown substantially and continue to reach large audiences.