Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was caught discussing the censorship of anti-migrant posts at the United Nations development summit Saturday while speaking with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.<\/p>\n
According to CNBC, the pair were picked up by a hot mic after Merkel confronted Zuckerberg on social media posts critical of \u201cthe wave of Syrian refugees entering Germany.\u201d<\/p>\n
After being asked about Facebook\u2019s efforts to curtail speech, Zuckerberg stated, \u201cWe need to do some work,\u201d confirming he\u2019d already started looking at ways to hinder comments in opposition to Merkel\u2019s immigration stance.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you working on this?\u201d Merkel asked. \u201cYeah,\u201d Zuckerberg responded before their microphone was cut.<\/p>\n
In response to the shocking revelation, media outlets such as Bloomberg immediately leapt to the defense of the tech giant, insinuating that any critique of the German government\u2019s response to the migrant crisis would be \u201cracist\u201d and \u201cxenophobic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Only just last week, an article by Infowars\u2019 Kit Daniels examining the pope\u2019s controversial comments on mass immigration was pulled and barred from Facebook without explanation.<\/p>\n
Since the migrant crisis began, news outlets across the globe have both covered up crucial facts, specifically NATO\u2019s responsibility in destabilizing Syria, and gone out of their way to outright ignore any stories that highlight the criminal acts of migrants.<\/p>\n
Zuckerberg\u2019s penchant for censoring speech deemed politically incorrect is unsurprising given his meeting late last year with Lu Wei, the czar of China\u2019s authoritarian Internet censorship system.<\/p>\n
Source: Infowars<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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