Zuckerberg Says He's 'Struggling' With Trump's Latest Posts But Leaving Them Up

[Judi Lynn]

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 wasn’t going to take down President Donald Trump’s 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 company’s 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]

1. Susan Collins school of troubling concern.

[still_one]

10. +++

[captain queeg]

12. Dammit. Beat me to it

[BlueMTexpat]

21. My first thought too!

Thanks for your post!

[Maeve]

25. I'm sure Susan can give him tips on how to maintain 'concern' without doing anything

She's practiced that for YEARS!!

[sakabatou]

38. Yup

[BamaRefugee]

2. He's "concerned"?

[NanceGreggs]

3. In a related story ...

... Zuckerberg contacted Susan Collins for instructions on how to feign concern.

[agingdem]

6. troubled, worrisome

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]

22. ...

[dalton99a]

29. +1. Otherwise he might be disconcerted, eventually

What a fucking fraud

[Grokenstein]

4. "I mean...on the one hand, KA-CHING!!..."

[RockRaven]

5. He's "struggling" with the fact that the world is waking up to the fact that he's a sociopath...

Womp womp you fucking asshole!!!

[BigmanPigman]

7. Fuckerberg, I can't hear you over the sounds of $$$$$$$$$$$

[List left]

8. You all beat me to the concerned very concerned Zuckerberg pulling a Susan Collins nt

[Hassler]

9. All sociopaths think alike

[Marie Marie]

11. Fuck Zuck!

[Thekaspervote]

13. If you still have an account on FB end it now!! BOYCOTT FACEBOOK!!!!

[agingdem]

14. Even my college age social media is everything grandkids

are off of Facebook with zero withdrawal symptoms

[Midnight Writer]

15. He'd do better to stay quiet than to spout nonsense.

[Sapient Donkey]

16. Agreed. Either he chooses to do something about it or he doesn't.

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]

17. Such a struggle...oh brother.

Walk the walk or shut up.

[Aussie105]

18. Why not . . .

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]

19. Why are otherwise sensible people still enriching this twerp?

He chose his side in 2016. Dump his ass.

[Aussie105]

20. Yes!

Then vote him the most disliked and insincere person in the country.

[duforsure]

23. All MZ cares about is wealth

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]

24. Yep

[yardwork]

26. Zuckerberg makes billions by peddling propaganda. He won't stop now.

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. And yet, we still have Facebook apologists here on DU. n/t

[dalton99a]

28. Well, not everyone has a telephone to keep in touch with family and friends

[ProfessorGAC]

40. But Dialing Is Hard!

So is that texting thing!
What? Texting & dialing is the same process as posting on FB?
Oh! Never mind!

[TomCADem]

30. Mark Zuckerberg Has Found His Inner Susan Collins

He must be very concerned.

[Collimator]

31. I have resisted creating a Facebook account

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.

[Kid Berwyn]

33. My concern: Why doesn't Z oppose a fascist?

SWTF? He’d ban anybody else.

[BigDemVoter]

34. Fuckerberg can go to hell and "struggle" all the fuck he wants. . .

[maddogesq]

35. Come on, Zuck it up you Orange arse kisser.

If you can’t grow a pair then you don’t deserve my Facebook patronage.

He’s turned into a weenie...

[area51]

36. "Struggling"

[yellowcanine]

37. Someone send that man some pearls to clutch!

He sounds very concerned.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

39. Zuckerberg channeling his inner Susan Collins

[Bengus81]

41. Penny stock, Pump and Dump ticker owners LOVE Facebook

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.