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May 29, 2020 11:31 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/facebook/2020/5/29/21274729/facebook-trump-post-shooting-mark-zuckerberg-rationale
Facebook wont take any action on Trumps post about shootings in Minnesota
Facebook will not remove or take any other action on a President Trump post that Twitter removed for “glorifying violence,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Friday. “I know many people are upset that we’ve left the President’s posts up, but our position is that we should enable as much expression as possible unless it will cause imminent risk of specific harms or dangers spelled out in clear policies,” Zuckerberg said.
Facebook “looked very closely at the post that discussed the protests in Minnesota,” Zuckerberg said, “to evaluate whether it violated our policies.” Ultimately, the company “decided to leave it up because the National Guard references meant we read it as a warning about state action, and we think people need to know if the...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/facebook/2020/5/29/21274729/facebook-trump-post-shooting-mark-zuckerberg-rationale
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