Mark Zuckerberg wanted to remove Trump's post in 2015 but Facebook stopped him: Report

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wanted to remove racist posts by Donald Trump in 2015 who was running for presidency at that time on Republican party's ticket, according to report by Washington Post. Media reports suggest that Zuckerberg wanted to remove a video post by Donald Trump in which he had called for a ban on Muslim immigrants, which did t go down well with Facebook CEO and or senior people in company. Washington Post report also states that Zuckerberg wanted to write a post criticising Donald Trump in 2016 after President anunced his plans of building a wall along Mexican border, but Facebook founder was stopped by company, which warned him that it would look like he was taking sides.  

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recent report comes amid raging criticism that Facebook is garnering over its content moderation policy. Mark Zuckerberg on June 27 said that Facebook will flag all posts that break company's rules and policy but are deemed newsworthy. Facebook was only major social media company that had t taken any decision related political posts, but w it seems Donald Trump's controversial posts will be labeled ahead of upcoming presidential election in United States. Facebook reportedly lost $7 billion after some advertisers decided to t give ads to social media platforms. 

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Twitter flags Trump's tweets

Twitter Inc has been flagging some of Donald Trump's tweets recently, which according to company were eir 'manipulative' or contained objectionable contents. Snap Inc that runs Snapchat said that it will longer promote Trump's account in its Discover category. YouTube also terminated some far-right channels from its platform over hate speech violations that included former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke's account. Facebook, however, is only major social media company left, which hasn't taken any action regarding growing hate content on its platform. Many advertisers including Unilever, Starbucks and Pepsico have decided to pause advertising across social media platforms in wake of m t taking any action to stop hate speech on ir platforms. 

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