Zuckerberg Says He's 'Struggling' With Trump's Latest Posts But Leaving Them Up
Source: NBC News
The Facebook CEO said of a post about shooting alleged looters in Minneapolis: "people need to know if the government is planning to deploy force."
Published 1 hour ago Updated 1 hour ago
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Friday he wasnt going to take down President Donald Trumps posts about shooting alleged looters in Minneapolis nor put a warning on them as Twitter, but he acknowledged he had been "struggling all day" with how to respond.
Zuckerberg, in a late afternoon post on his Facebook wall, largely stood by his long-held view that social media companies should take a light touch when deciding how to moderate the statements of politicians.
I disagree strongly with how the President spoke about this, but I believe people should be able to see this for themselves, because ultimately accountability for those in positions of power can only happen when their speech is scrutinized out in the open, Zuckerberg said.
Facebook had been in touch with the White House on Friday to explain the companys policies, he said.
Read more: https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/national-international/zuckerberg-says-hes-struggling-with-trumps-latest-posts-but-leaving-them-up/2335917/
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Walleye
(31,101 posts)captain queeg
(10,273 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,374 posts)Thanks for your post!
Maeve
(42,297 posts)She's practiced that for YEARS!!
BamaRefugee
(3,488 posts)NanceGreggs
(27,820 posts)... Zuckerberg contacted Susan Collins for instructions on how to feign concern.
agingdem
(7,868 posts)hate is hate...lies are lies, facts are facts...what the hell is Zuckerberg struggling with with...loss of conscience, loss of soul, loss of empathy?...more like loss of dollars...asshole
BlueMTexpat
(15,374 posts)dalton99a
(81,648 posts)What a fucking fraud
Grokenstein
(5,728 posts)RockRaven
(15,041 posts)Womp womp you fucking asshole!!!
BigmanPigman
(51,643 posts)List left
(595 posts)Hassler
(3,393 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,811 posts)agingdem
(7,868 posts)are off of Facebook with zero withdrawal symptoms
Midnight Writer
(21,819 posts)Sapient Donkey
(1,568 posts)All he's doing he with these "thoughts" is straddling the fence, and it's likely purely for business reasons. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he knows Trump's stuff should be dealt with, but he's too much of a coward to make a decisive move.
StarryNite
(9,464 posts)Walk the walk or shut up.
Aussie105
(5,452 posts)redact the problem text, ie blacked out, then a little footnote explaining why it is blacked out. (*)
'Redacted because it may lead some towards violence.'
Hell, if the Trump administration can redact info, Zuckerberg should too!
Got to say, for such a smart person, Mr Z isn't very intelligent. Then again, he just doesn't want to damage his money making machine.
Fake concern is so easy to sniff out.
(*) Then backtrack through years worth of Trump posts, and do the same for anything that is not true, misrepresented, and sending messages to unstable people and foreign powers.
Mark Z., go hire more staff! Big, big job!
Warpy
(111,391 posts)He chose his side in 2016. Dump his ass.
Then vote him the most disliked and insincere person in the country.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)He could care less about the truth , or protecting it , or this country. Dump Facebook, and twitter, they are helping this country be hurt.
DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)yardwork
(61,729 posts)Imagine how much money Zuckerberg will make by allowing Putin to use FB to try to steal this fall's elections again.
There's a hell of a lot of money to be made and Mark can't turn back now.
Coventina
(27,217 posts)dalton99a
(81,648 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,274 posts)So is that texting thing!
What? Texting & dialing is the same process as posting on FB?
Oh! Never mind!
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)He must be very concerned.
Collimator
(1,639 posts)for purely selfish reasons. (And I have put up with a lot of pressure to "get on" there.) But I agree that every person who cares about the common good and justice and safety for ALL people in this world should turn their back on that platform and hit Zuckerberg et al where it hurts.
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Kid Berwyn
(15,005 posts)SWTF? Hed ban anybody else.
BigDemVoter
(4,157 posts)maddogesq
(1,245 posts)If you cant grow a pair then you dont deserve my Facebook patronage.
Hes turned into a weenie...
area51
(11,931 posts)yellowcanine
(35,702 posts)He sounds very concerned.
Earth Bound Misfit
(3,555 posts)Bengus81
(6,936 posts)It costs real $$$ to put PR on a legit stock web site like OTC Markets. Facebook will allow those shysters to post all they want and as many lies as they want to feed the scam.