Zuckerberg defends FB's approach to free speech, draws line on China

Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg yesterday defended the social media company's light regulation of speech and lack of fact-checking on political advertising while citing China's censorship as a roadblock to operating in the country.

stood his ground, saying social media had introduced transformative avenues for speech that should not be shut down. He attacked the rapidly growing Chinese-owned app TikTok, saying the short video platform censored political protest, including in the United States, a charge the company denies. Zuckerberg effectively closed the door to China in March, when he announced his plan to pivot Facebook toward more private forms of communication and pledged not to build data centres in countries with"a track record of violating human rights like privacy or freedom of expression.""I wanted our services in China because I believe in connecting the whole world and I thought we might help create a more open society," Zuckerberg said."I worked hard to make this happen.

"His choice to cloak Facebook's policy in a feigned concern for free expression demonstrates how unprepared his company is for this unique moment in our history and how little it has learned over the past few years," said spokesperson Bill Russo. But the focus on free speech is likely to win Zuckerberg some friends on the right, whom he has been courting aggressively in a recent visit to Washington and dinners at his home in California.

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