Mark Zuckerberg says he does NOT agree with calls for Trump’s social media to be shut down because ‘people should decide what is credible’ and it’s not a tech company’s job to censor politicians’My belief is that in a democracy, I don’t think that we want private companies censoring politicians in the news,’ the 35-year-old explained Zuckerberg stressed that people should be able to determine what is credible Earlier this month, Senator Kamala Harris led calls demanding Twitter suspend Trump’s account after he made tweets directed towards the whistleblowerZuckerberg stressed that American’s needed to ‘think for himself’ and added that its not tech company’s job to do soBy Matthew Wright For Dailymail.com Published: 20:42 EDT, 17 October 2019 | Updated: 01:46 EDT, 18 October 2019 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not a fan of curtailing President Donald Trump’s social media presence. In an interview airing Friday on ‘The Daily Briefing,’ the billionaire shared his stance in opposition to the latest calls from politicians – most notably Kamala Harris – demanding that Twitter shut do Trump’s account. ‘My belief is that in a democracy, I don’t think that we want private companies censoring politicians in the news,’ the 35-year-old explained. Scroll down for video Mark Zuckerberg stressed that people should be able to determine what is credible from politicians, adding that its not tech company’s job to do soZuckerberg stressed that people should be able to determine what is credible. ‘I generally believe that as a principle, people should decide what is credible and what they want to believe, who they want to vote for,’ he added. ‘And I don’t think that should be something that we want tech companies or any kind of company doing.’ ‘My belief is that in a democracy, I don’t think that we want private companies censoring politicians in the news,’ the 35-year-old explained Earlier this month, Senator Kamala Harris led calls demanding Twitter suspend Trump’s account after he made tweets directed towards the whistleblowerEarlier this month, Harris led calls demanding Twitter suspend Trump’s account after he made tweets directed towards the intelligence community whistleblower.Zuckerberg stressed that American’s needed to ‘think for himself’ and added that its not tech company’s job to do so. ‘Political speech is one of the most scrutinized [forms of] speech that is out there, so that’s already happening,’ he added. ‘Our position on this is not an outlier.’The full interview will air on Friday at 2pm on ‘The Daily Briefing.’ Senator Elizabeth Warren took to Twitter to blast Zuckerberg for essentially helping Trump win reelection by running ads from his campaign
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Mark Zuckerberg rejects calls for Trump’s social media to be shut down
