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Zuckerberg explains why Facebook wont take action on Trumps recent posts

In a commentary posted to Fb late Friday afternoon, Mark Zuckerberg introduced up an explanation of why his company did not contextualize or take away posts from the accounts associated with President Donald Trump that perceived to incite violence against Americans. “We seemed very clos…
In a statement posted to Facebook late Friday afternoon, Mark Zuckerberg offered up an explanation of why his company did not contextualize or remove posts from the accounts associated with President Donald Trump that appeared to incite violence against American citizens. “We looked very clos…

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