{"id":25940,"date":"2020-06-12T15:50:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T22:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=25940"},"modified":"2020-06-12T15:50:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T22:50:14","slug":"zuckerberg-expresses-disgust-keeps-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=25940","title":{"rendered":"Zuckerberg expresses &#8216;disgust,&#8217; keeps policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook founder and CEO\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/orzmscfgqttdpcptdkwqqdmmqfdntftvvlqgcrnqfrwqw_skkbmmvrvtbmprjjjmbv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/orzmscfgqttdpcptdkwqqdmmqfdntftvvlqgcrnqfrwqw_skkbmmvrvtbmprjjjmbv.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1592087510530000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGj_mbIufSfC7qbEyGvhQcEVxsozQ\">Mark Zuckerberg<\/a>\u00a0and his wife\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/rtnwyhjflccpshscpkgllpwwljpbcjcqqvlfhtbljtglv_skkbmmvrvtbmprjjjmbv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/rtnwyhjflccpshscpkgllpwwljpbcjcqqvlfhtbljtglv_skkbmmvrvtbmprjjjmbv.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1592087510530000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGwAWH9IBzwkBwSgJJrHoWI1RX3fQ\">Priscilla Chan<\/a>\u00a0in a letter to scientists associated with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) \u2014 a philanthropic effort by the couple set to combat disease \u2014 said that they have been &#8220;deeply shaken and disgusted by\u00a0President Trump\u2019s divisive and incendiary rhetoric.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The letter, which was shared on Twitter, was in response to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/nrtjgcwhkqqnbcbqntdkknjjkwnmqwqzzpkhcrmkwrdkr_skkbmmvrvtbmprjjjmbv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/nrtjgcwhkqqnbcbqntdkknjjkwnmqwqzzpkhcrmkwrdkr_skkbmmvrvtbmprjjjmbv.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1592087510530000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH9gX5SU7HM_Rg5ctIua66MeXV7aw\">an initial letter<\/a>\u00a0that more than 270 scientists connected to CZI penned to Zuckerberg and Chan that stated they shouldn&#8217;t allow Trump to \u201cspread both misinformation and incendiary statements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The scientists claimed that Facebook\u2019s tolerance for false information and incendiary language goes against the CZI\u2019s mission to \u201cbuild a healthier, just, and more inclusive future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough CZI and Facebook are entirely separate and independent organizations with different missions and teams, we do share the same co-leader,\u201d Chan and Zuckerberg wrote in their letter. \u201cIn this moment, we understand that CZI\u2019s relationship with Facebook is not an easy tension to bridge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pair added that the decisions of Facebook are \u201cnot the decisions of CZI as an organization. Nor will Facebook ever dictate how we at CZI approach our mission, work, or partnerships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zuckerberg has received widespread criticism for allowing misinformation, including from the president, to permeate on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook founder and CEO\u00a0Mark Zuckerberg\u00a0and his&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25941,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25940\/revisions\/25941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}