Facebook axes Workplace feature that blocked trending posts containing ‘Unionize’

Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg are under a lot of pressure for letting US President Donald Trump‘s inflammatory posts stay up on the platform. While the company has put on a ‘free speech champion’ face to defend its stance, a new report from The Intercept suggests that it recently pitched a tool to let admins block certain topics in its enterprise communication suite, called Workplace. If you’re an employee in a company that uses Facebook for Workplace, you’ll see trending topics in your feed similar to the social network’s News Feed on your personal profile. The Intercept’s report notes that recently,…

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