That was just our sweaty boy
Recode transcribed the full leaked audio from Mark Zuckerberg’s Tuesday meeting with employees, revealing that he’s put a lot of thought into divesting from his soul. The entire thing is worth examining at length, but here are just a few of the elaborate loopholes he’s thought up just for Trump:
The “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” post wasn’t inciting violence.
It’s “clearly a troubling historical statement and reference” but “has no history of being read as a dog whistle for vigilante supporters to take justice into their own hands.”
Instead, it was a “discussion” about the use of “force,” which Facebook allows for states.
It could have been a “prediction” of violence, which is okay.
He admits “there is no newsworthiness or politician exception to our policies on an incitement of violence.”
By the way, “Twitter didn’t take it down.”
The transcript confirms civil rights leaders’ conclusion yesterday, about a separate meeting, that his explanations for leaving Trump’s post up were “incomprehensible,” and that he “did not demonstrate understanding of historic or modern-day voter suppression, and he refuses to acknowledge how Facebook is facilitating Trump’s call for violence against protesters.”
