Mark Zuckerberg Denies Having A Special Agreement For Trump's Facebook Activity

CEO Facebook Mark Zuckerberg (Instagram @markzuckerberg)

JAKARTA - The social media network Facebook has long been suspected of being a platform that protects all the activities of the President of the United States (US) Donald Trump, including his posts that show hate speech.

However, in an interview with local media Axios, Tuesday, July 21, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg denied this. He stressed that he did not have an agreement of any kind with US President Donald Trump.

"I've heard this speculation too, so let me be clear: There was no deal. Actually, the whole news of the deal was pretty ridiculous," Zuckerberg said.

This suspicion started in October last year. Zuckerberg is seen attending an invitation to a dinner at the White House. The event was also attended by a number of figures, including Peter Thiel as well as other Facebook board members.

"I accepted an invitation to dinner because I was in town and he was president of the United States. The fact that I met a head of state should come as no surprise, and there is absolutely no way we have any sort of agreement," Zuckerberg stressed.

A few weeks later, Trump and his campaign team posted a controversial post. A number of social media platforms immediately removed or labeled Trump's posts that were deemed to convey disinformation and hate speech.

However, only Facebook has not taken these censorship measures. As a result, Facebook has received a number of criticisms from netizens and employees, for considering the social media platform on Trump's side.

"One of the specific criticisms I see is that there are a lot of people who say that maybe we are too sympathetic or too close in some way to the Trump administration. We're just giving people some room for discourse, but it's not the same as agreeing with their beliefs," Zuckerberg argued. .