Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg isn't budging over his refusal to take action on inflammatory posts by President Donald Trump that spread misinformation about voting by mail and, many said, encouraged violence against protesters.

Some employees have publicly quit over the issue and civil-rights leaders who met with him Monday night denounced Zuckerberg's explanation for choosing to leave Trump's posts alone as "incomprehensible." Criticism has been mounting after Mr.

Trump's social media posts about protests in Minneapolis and across the country in the wake of George Floyd's death became increasingly aggressive.

During that session, which had been moved forward from later in the week, Zuckerberg reportedly doubled down on his stance to leave Trump's posts alone — although he did suggest that the company was considering changes to its existing policies around "state use of force," which Trump's Minneapolis post fell under.

The resignations, which multiple engineers tweeted and posted on LinkedIn and Facebook, also began Tuesday.

Aveni, a software engineer who'd been at the company for a year, wrote on LinkedIn and on his Facebook page.

But giving a platform to incite violence and spread disinformation is unacceptable, regardless who you are or if it’s newsworthy.

But giving a platform to incite violence and spread disinformation is unacceptable, regardless who you are or if it's newsworthy.

I disagree with Mark's position and will work to make change happen," tweeted Facebook employee Andrew Crow.

We encourage employees to speak openly when they disagree with leadership," Facebook said in a statement.

"I do not think it is a coincidence that Facebook's choices appease those in power who have made misinformation, blatant racism and inciting violence part of their platform," he added, urging Facebook leaders to take responsibility and "show the world that you are not putting profit over values.".

"He did not demonstrate understanding of historic or modern-day voter suppression and he refuses to acknowledge how Facebook is facilitating Trump's call for violence against protesters.".