Posted on 09/28/2015 4:40:02 PM PDT by Enlightened1
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was overheard confronting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg over incendiary posts on the social network, Bloomberg reported on Sunday, amid complaints from her government about anti-immigrant posts in the midst of Europe's refugee crisis.
On the sidelines of a United Nations luncheon on Saturday, Merkel was caught on a hot mic pressing Zuckerberg about social media posts about the wave of Syrian refugees entering Germany, the publication reported.
The Facebook CEO was overheard responding that "we need to do some work" on curtailing anti-immigrant posts about the refugee crisis. "Are you working on this?" Merkel asked in English, to which Zuckerberg replied in the affirmative before the transmission was disrupted.
In recent weeks, hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees have washed up on Europe's shores, seeking asylum from the raging civil war in their homeland. As Europe's largest economy, Germany has sheltered the majority of them, leading to widespread objections within the country.
Earlier this month, Facebook vowed to clean up what it deemed was racist content on the German version of its website. At the time, the social network said it would partner with a non profit group to oversee hate postings.
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“Perhaps Merkel can resurrect the Stasi and direct it German patriots.”
She’s started doing that, read my other post above.
Nice quote!
Statism + Corporatism = Fascism
Mebbe Angela learned some tricks from her old Stasi buddies.
“If it’s free, you aren’t the customer... you are the product.”
I’ve seen this quote on a cartoon showing two barn pigs, one telling the other, that the food is good and plentiful.
Same applies to social media.
I guess she got over having her phone tapped...
Zuckerberg creeps me out. He wants all these immigrants (legals and illegals) but he doesn’t want them anywhere near his home.
He can rot.
That the head of Germany is even talking to a JO like Zuckerberg is disturbing enough.
Actually, the standard operating procedure for the left now seems to be to skip the first three and proceed with demonization immediately upon encountering any opposition.
What is the name of that new German Freeper? She may want to be pinged on this one.
That is exactly what I thought with the whole nonsense where we were basically giving free laptops to Africans (TV commercials said if you bought a laptop they’d send another to someone in Africa - basically you were buying TWO laptops). Years ago I saw a discussion about TV (on TV, nonetheless) where a guy was describing how while many people thought the cars, food, etc. on TV were the product being sold, in fact it was the viewers who were being sold (to the advertisers, who paid dearly for the privilege). Changed how I viewed things...
There is a light-hearted German movie (not a phrase you hear often) from the early 2000s called “Mostly Martha”. We just watched it last week and really enjoyed it!
Bfl
Once an East German, always an East German.
One of the best films of the last 30 years.
Goodbye, Lenin! is one of my all-time favorite movies.
can't believe this surprised me for half a second.
LOL! Think I will too. Make it VIRAL!
No,
He is a mulato woman instead.
Why can't someone on our side set up a conservative equivalent?
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