Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg is apparently an "authoritarian' and a 'Trumpian,' because he is refusing to regulate political speech on Facebook. So says Hillary Clinton.
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Hillary Clinton: Zuckerberg’s refusal to referee political speech on Facebook makes him an ‘authoritarian'
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s refusal to regulate political speech on the social media platform he founded makes him not only Trumpian, but also authoritarian, according to Hillary Clinton.
Because if there is one thing that authoritarians are known for, it’s their unwillingness to police speech. Clinton’s not-very-insightful commentary comes via the Atlantic’s Adrienne LaFrance, who likewise believes Zuckerberg is failing the republic by refusing to crack down on Facebook’s millions of users.
The failed presidential nominee is “specifically alarmed by what she views as Mark Zuckerberg’s unwillingness to battle the spread of disinformation and propaganda on his own platform,” LaFrance writes. “There was the time, last spring, when a slowed-down video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi caught fire online. The distorted speed, which made Pelosi appear as though she was slurring her words, seemed designed to make her appear cognitively impaired.”
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'Because if there is one thing that authoritarians are known for, it’s their unwillingness to police speech'.
Of course she and the Democrat left are not demanding that ALL political speech be regulated. Just that political speech that comes from their political adversaries, or that undermines the political personalities or 'narratives' that they desire to see promoted.
Really now. Who is being authoritarian here? It is the people that are advocating the policing and selective repression of political speech. It is the people who are openly championing a culture where political dialog is limited to their propaganda and those ideas and expressions that they regard as 'Politically correct'.
Mark Zuckerberg is a leftist and will no doubt be supporting and voting for Democrats across the board at the polls this year. Not just him, but his mega-corporation Facebook will be supporting Democrats as well. He is making the right decision to not get involved in the regulation of political speech. To try to regulate political speech on a platform like this, fairly, with a sincere respect for freedom of speech and expression, and for differences of opinion, and also providing an allowance for humor and for people who have a sense of humor, is an impossible task.
Only an authoritarian want to try to regulate political speech. Hillary Clinton and those who agree with her are the actual authoritarians here. Zuckerberg is smart to stay out of this quagmire.
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