Posted on 07/19/2018 10:41:58 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The original comments, given in a wide-ranging interview with Recode, were made in response to questions about what Facebook was doing to combat fake news and sites, such as InfoWars, that promoted conspiracy theories.
In Myanmar, also known as Burma, Facebook has been accused by UN investigators of facilitating violence against Rohingya Muslims by allowing anti-Muslim hate speech and fake news.
The social network has now said that it will begin removing misinformation that could lead to people being physically harmed.
When asked about its policy on fake news, Mr Zuckerberg offered, without prompting, the example of Holocaust deniers.
"I'm Jewish and there's a set of people who deny that the Holocaust happened," he told reporter Kara Swisher. "I find it deeply offensive. But at the end of the day, I don't believe that our platform should take that down because I think there are things that different people get wrong. I don't think that they're intentionally getting it wrong.
"Everyone gets things wrong and if we were taking down people's accounts when they got a few things wrong, then that would be a hard world for giving people a voice and saying that you care about that."
The comments caused a storm of protest.
Editor of anti-fascist magazine Searchlight Gerry Gable told the BBC: "Zuckerberg could kill much of this dangerous material getting worldwide distribution - but he is a like a spoilt teenager."
"Because of his financial powers, he just does a bit of tinkering without understanding how this material could inspire crazy people to firebomb synagogues, mosques or churches."
NBC News reporter Benjy Sarlin tweeted asking whether Mr Zuckerberg thought the debate over whether the Holocaust had happened was in "good faith".
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you either allow free speech ops you don’t walking the tightrope just keeps mucking things up. These moguls never learn. Money is not wisdom or maturity.
From the article:
When asked about its policy on fake news, Mr Zuckerberg offered, without prompting, the example of Holocaust deniers.
"I'm Jewish and there's a set of people who deny that the Holocaust happened," he told reporter Kara Swisher. "I find it deeply offensive. But at the end of the day, I don't believe that our platform should take that down because I think there are things that different people get wrong. I don't think that they're intentionally getting it wrong.
I didn't always agree with George, but did respect his willingness to challenge all sides, and especially the pretentious. His bits about Global Warming and how the language has evolved from single syllable words everybody understood to six or seven ones designed to obfuscate and "soften" were hilarious. RIP.
He's singing a whole different song than he has in the past.
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