Zuckerberg says he’s uncomfortable with all of the Facebook censorship, and wants to hold some of it back.
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WATCH: Mark Zuckerberg Stands For ‘Free Expression’ Even As It’s ‘Under Attack’
… He went on to talk directly about freedom of expression and the troubling push for censorship:
“In Georgetown last year, I gave this speech around our principles, around free expression, and, you know, that’s just one of the areas that I really feel like is under attack right now … increasingly, you know, we’re getting called to censor a lot of different kinds of content that makes me really uncomfortable. I think that it kind of feels like the list of things that you’re not allowed to say socially keeps on growing, and I’m not really okay with that.”
Zuckerberg clarified that he isn’t talking about the necessary removal of things like “terrorism, child exploitation, incitement to violence,” etc, that Facebook has tens of thousands of staff working on around the clock.
“At some point I just felt like, alright, we’ve got to stand up and say, “No, we’re gonna stand for free expression, and yeah, we’re gonna take down the content that’s really harmful, but the line needs to be held at some point,” and I think that … it’s unfortunate that this is such a controversial thing.”
At this, the audience cheered.
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