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Facebook CEO defends approach to free speech, cites China
- Sunday | 20th October, 2019
In a speech at Georgetown University filled with references to the First Amendment and the fight for democracy, Zuckerberg stood his ground, saying social media had introduced transformative avenues for speech that should not be shut down. “People having the power to express themselves at scale is a new kind of force in the world. Facebook briefly won a license to open an “innovation hub” in Hangzhou last year, but it was later revoked. “FEIGNED CONCERN FOR FREE EXPRESSION”Zuckerberg also defended the company’s political advertising policies on similar grounds, saying Facebook had at one time considered banning all political ads but decided against it, erring on the side of greater expression. Former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign quickly accused Zuckerberg of using “the Constitution as a shield” for Facebook’s bottom line.
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