143 experts supported by Zuckerberg CEO apply to Facebook to 'regulate Trump's posting'



On June 6, 2020, more than 200 professionals, including American university professors and scientists from major research institutions, collaborated with Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg, saying ' In response to President Trump's dissemination of speech, he has sent a letter asking 'to apply a stricter policy.' Most of the experts who signed the letter were funded by the charities

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) and Chan Zuckerberg Biohub (CZ Biohub) , which were launched by CEO Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan. is.

Letter of concern to Mark Zuckerberg from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative-funded scientists
https://medium.com/@jasonsynaptic/letter-of-concern-to-mark-zuckerberg-from-chan-zuckerberg-initiative-funded-scientists-cd7e8335d17b

Scientists funded by Zuckerberg sent him a letter calling Facebook's practices'antithetical' to his philanthropic mission-The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/06/06/chan-zuckerberg-initiative-open-letter-trump/

Scientists backed by Zuckerberg urge Facebook to curb misinformation
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/07/scientists-backed-by-zuckerberg-urge-facebook-to-curb-misinformation.html

Twitter's Zuckerberg CEO said in a series of discussions that Twitter has labeled President Trump's post as 'Check the Facts' It shouldn't be,' he said, saying he wouldn't censor President Trump's post.

Facebook's CEO expresses the idea that Twitter should not do fact check of political remarks-GIGAZINE


by Anthony Quintano

In response, Facebook executives and employees publicly criticized Zuckerberg CEO, and there were voices of repulsion from inside and outside.

Facebook employee openly condemned Zuckerberg's response to ``President Trump's social media censorship problem''-GIGAZINE



Meanwhile, experts from 143 scientists, who were further supported by CZI, jointly issued an open letter addressed to CEO Zuckerberg. The total number of experts who signed the letter was 216 at the time of writing the article, including 143 mentioned above, but there is a possibility that it will increase in the future.

In a letter, experts said, 'Social media such as Facebook are emerging as the primary means of communication. These platforms have allowed the world to communicate while making mistakes. It has also helped disseminate information, for example, President Trump's post, ' when the looting starts, the shooting starts , ' clearly provokes violence and is a Facebook policy. And accused President Trump's post of 'incitement to violence.'

On May 29, President Trump said to the riot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 'whether the radical left mayor Jacob Frey will control Minneapolis or I will send a National Guard to get the job done properly.' He posted a comment on Facebook that criticized Mayor Frey's response. At that time, President Trump quoted the Miami police chief at that time, saying 'If looting begins, shooting begins' against the riots that occurred in 1967.


Although President Trump made the same statement on Twitter, Twitter said in this post, 'This tweet violates the Twitter rule about praise of violence. However, on Twitter it is public. I have decided, so I can continue to display.'



``As scientists, we are committed to researching ways to make the world a better place, and we are proud to be funded by CZI to help deliver the CZI mission,'' said the experts. However, deliberate spread of false alarms and discriminatory speech are the exact opposite of our philosophy, so we take the position Facebook took (for President Trump's post). We are deeply concerned, especially in the current context of the fight against racism, we ask Facebook to apply a stricter policy on misinformation and sensational speech that hurt people. I urge you to consider it,' he said, asking Facebook to tighten regulations.

Regarding the open letter, a CZI spokeswoman said, 'We are a different staff member, a different office, a different mission from Facebook. We also have staff and partners who are involved in this work, We are grateful to the grantees for their work and we respect their right to comment, including on Facebook policy,' stressing that CZI is a different entity than Facebook. At the same time, he showed some understanding of the announcement of the open letter.

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