Mark Zuckerberg explains lack of action over Trump's post, cites National Guard reference

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday explained why social networking website did t pull down US President Donald Trump's post that h a historical reference to Civil Rights movement. In an elaborate post on Facebook, Zuckerberg said that post remained online since it also contained information regarding US Army and thus, was considered to be of relevant information to citizens.

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Zuckerberg tries to justify 

Zuckerberg mitted that he did have a negative reaction to post, which he considered 'divisive and inflammatory rhetoric.' 

"We looked very closely at post that discussed protests in Minnesota to evaluate wher it violated our policies. Although post h a troubling historical reference, we decided to leave it up because National Guard references meant we re it as a warning about state action, and we think people need to kw if government is planning to deploy force," explained 36-year-old.

President Trump, responding to violent protests that erupted in Minnesota and across United States after tragic death George Floyd, h said: "when looting starts, shooting starts." 

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Trump borrowed a phrase once used by former Miami Police Chief Walter Heley in a 1967 speech outlining his department’s efforts to “combat young hoodlums who have taken vant of civil rights campaign.” In speech, Heley said his department h been successful “because I’ve let word filter down that when looting starts, shooting starts.”

People have been reacting to a video that surfaced soon after Floyd's death, which showed that he was pinned to ground and kneed by a white officer, Derek Chauvin, for several minutes before dying. During that period, he can be heard pleing "I can't brea" several times. 

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Zuckerberg also mentioned how Facebook policies differ from that of Twitter and explaining same, he stated: "Unlike Twitter, we do t have a policy of putting a warning in front of posts that may incite violence because we believe that if a post incites violence, it should be removed regardless of wher it is newsworthy, even if it comes from a politician." Twitter h ded a warning label next to tweet citing that it was 'glorifying violence' but h t taken it down. 

Concluding his remarks on yet ar row following President's posts, Zuckerberg said, "People can agree or disagree on where we should draw line, but I hope y understand our overall philosophy is that it is better to have this discussion out in open, especially when stakes are so high. I disagree strongly with how President spoke about this, but I believe people should be able to see this for mselves, because ultimately accountability for those in positions of power can only happen when ir speech is scrutinized out in open."

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