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Angela Merkel caught on hot mic griping to Facebook CEO over anti-immigrant posts
CNBC ^ | 09/28/15 | Javier E. David

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Germany; Syria
KEYWORDS: 2016election; angelamerkel; antiimmigration; election2016; facebook; facebookisthedevil; germany; internet; markzuckerberg; merkel; newyork; syria; trump; zuckerberg
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To: gaijin
“The Lives of Others”

Thanks

61 posted on 09/28/2015 9:20:35 PM PDT by GOPJ (Immigration, World Poverty and Gumballs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE)
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To: GOPJ

I believe there are,they just are not touted by the liberal msm or paparazzi.


62 posted on 09/28/2015 9:23:14 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: GOPJ

Seriously, bro, that film is AWESOME.

You just gotta see it.

How shocking and sad that so many scenes in that movie now apply to our USA..!

:(


63 posted on 09/28/2015 9:25:35 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Lucy Hamilton

Not to quibble but they look Indian to me.


64 posted on 09/29/2015 5:13:04 AM PDT by Oratam
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To: LibWhacker

They seem like nice fellas.


65 posted on 09/29/2015 5:46:22 AM PDT by petercooper (And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus... Rollin' down Highway 41.)
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To: Lucy Hamilton
But, who will fill her shoes? Will the globalists be able to just install another puppet to continue this genocidal path? Are there still enough leftists to put on the show of massive public support? I saw the main story on the Local late last week was that "the vast majority of Swedes still favor more and more refugees".

Now we know, instinctively, that is not true but if the silent majority continues to hide in their houses (while they still have them) and quake in fear at their name calling and bullying then nothing will be done to stop this. As it is, it is going to take huge political will and bravery to save Europe.

66 posted on 09/29/2015 9:50:45 AM PDT by riri (Obama's Amerika--Not a fun place.)
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To: riri

Wolfgang Schäuble might be a good choice, he’s immensely popular in Germany.

I’d take the Swedish story with a pinch of salt, I think Swedes aren’t happy. How can they be happy that Malmo is now the second rape capital of the world and that there are hundreds of Muslim Ghettoes that are even no-go areas for the police.

The silent majority have to take the bull by the horns. There was another massive anti-immigration demonstration in Germany today, this one in Berlin.


67 posted on 09/29/2015 1:05:06 PM PDT by Lucy Hamilton (Lucy from Occupied Europa)
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To: Oratam

Are they Indian? If they are, it’s the same as African savages, are these Indian savages like us? Like people of civilised nations? No. The Leftists are insane when they say that all people are the same.


68 posted on 09/29/2015 1:07:20 PM PDT by Lucy Hamilton (Lucy from Occupied Europa)
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To: dfwgator

Yes, that’s a really good film!


69 posted on 09/29/2015 1:08:26 PM PDT by Lucy Hamilton (Lucy from Occupied Europa)
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To: boxlunch

I haven’t watched “Mostly Martha”, I’ll put it on my list, thanks ;)


70 posted on 09/29/2015 1:09:30 PM PDT by Lucy Hamilton (Lucy from Occupied Europa)
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To: Lucy Hamilton
Wolfgang Schäuble

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. He looks like another globalist insider/NWO lackey. He's called for global taxes in the past.

That's their famous move. Rearrange the deck chairs and put a different puppet in. Maybe throw a bone here or there to make it look like change meanwhile the agenda marches on.

The bottom line. Euros need someone NOT from the elites circles. They also need a huge paradigm shift in thinking. Discomfort is coming. Whether that is next week or in three years, it is coming. That means vacations and small aesthetic pleasures they hold so dear are gonna have to take a back seat to...Oh, I dunno --surviving. It is going to come to that anyway, do they really think their new "neighbors" are going to pay for their leisure and old age?

71 posted on 09/30/2015 8:32:39 AM PDT by riri (Obama's Amerika--Not a fun place.)
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