Mark Zuckerberg says he had a 'visceral negative reaction' to Trump's post about shooting protesters but says the post will stay on Facebook FB
Get the Full StoryREUTERS Erin ScottMark Zuckerberg has broken his silence on Donald Trump's warning about "shooting" protesters to say that while he had a "visceral negative reaction to it," Facebook will not take it down.
Facebook has been embroiled in a firestorm of controversy over the past 24 hours, after the US President posted on social media that "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" in response to the heated protests in Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd. Twitter affixed a warning label to to Trump's tweet, saying it broke its rules on "glorifying violence," but Facebook took no action against Trump's post on its platform, remaining silent and ignoring numerous requests for comment from the press.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: How waste is dealt with on the world's largest cruise shipSee Also:Twitter's ex-CEO stepped up the Silicon Valley beef and attacked Facebook for being a hotbed of anti-vaxxer Bill Gates conspiracy theoriesTrump has officially declared war on Twitter and Facebook. Here's the latest on the executive order targeting social media and the reaction at internet companies.Satirical websites are testing Facebook's policy on not being the 'arbiter of truth' by running false headlines claiming Mark Zuckerberg is dead or abusive
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