After Twitter, is it Facebook that is going to moderate the messages of Donald Trump ? If Mark Zuckerberg doesn't jump yet, the boss of the social network wants to re-examine the regulations in place, after a week marked by disputes within the company. "We will review our rules that allow discussion and the threat of use of force by a State, to see if we should adopt the amendments," he stated on his profile on Friday, in a note sent to its employees. And first and foremost, " the excessive use of force. Given the history-sensitive in the United States, this requires a special attention ", he added.
in Contrast to Twitter, the platform for the thumb in the air had decided not to intervene against a message of the american president – "The looting will be immediately greeted by the balls" – about the demonstrations in support of George Floyd, which have sometimes degenerated into riots. The death of this African-American, was asphyxiated by a white policeman in Minneapolis, is sparking a wave of revolt against the police violence and racism in the United States.
"I want to recognize that the decision that I made last week was kind of nervous, disappointed or hurt many of you," comments the founder of the social network world. In the days that followed the messages controversial of the american president, dozens of employees have expressed their dissatisfaction, in public or not. They organized a strike virtual Monday, and at least two of the engineers have resigned. "Facebook provides a platform that allows the politicians to radicalize individuals, and to glorify the violence', has so outraged one of them, Timothy Aveni.
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Mark Zuckerberg, detailing seven areas in which his company plans to make progress, not without specifying that " there will not be changes everywhere ". In addition to the content on the use of force, he intends to focus on the protection of the integrity of elections. "I have confidence in the measures we have taken since 2016. [...] But there are strong chances that the confusion and fear reach an unprecedented level during the election of November 2020, and some will try no doubt to capitalize on this confusion, " notes the CEO.
It also responds to the employees, who consider that the minorities are not sufficiently represented in-house. "We'll see if we need to make structural changes to ensure that the different groups have a voice ", he says.
