Washington (CNN) — Both Delta Air Lines and American Airlines say they have suspended workers for social media posts about last week’s fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk.
“We were made aware of Delta employees whose social media content, related to the recent murder of activist Charlie Kirk, went well beyond healthy, respectful debate,” Delta CEO Ed Bastian said in an internal memo shared with CNN.
“These social posts stand in stark contrast to our values and our social media policy, and these employees have been suspended pending an investigation,” Bastian said in the memo.
In a statement, American Airlines says some employees who posted to “promote such violence on social media were immediately removed from service.”
The moves are among the latest corporate blowback on workers following