Mark Zuckerberg defended
the rights of Facebook users to publish Holocaust denial posts, saying he
didn’t “think that they’re intentionally getting it wrong”.
In an interview with Recode published on
Wednesday, the CEO also explained Facebook’s decision to allow the far-right
conspiracy theory website Infowars to continue using the platform, saying the
social network would try to “reduce the distribution of that content”, but
would not censor the page.
Zuckerberg’s comments came the
same day that Facebook announced a new policy pledging
to remove misinformation used to incite physical harm.
The CEO’s remarks to Recode have
reignited debates about free speech on the social network at a time when
Facebook is continuing to face scrutiny over its role in spreading misinformation, propaganda and hate speech across the globe.
In the interview, the CEO
noted that the Guardian had “initially pointed” this out to Facebook, saying:
“And when we learned about that, we immediately shut down the app, took away
his profile, and demanded certification that the data was deleted.”
It’s unclear what Zuckerberg meant
by “immediately”, given that Facebook only suspended the firm and the Cambridge
university researcher who harvested data in March of 2018, despite the Guardian’s reporting several years prior.
Facebook did not immediately
respond to questions about Zuckerberg’s comments on Holocaust deniers and
Cambridge Analytica.
World’s 1st remote brain surgery via 5G network performed in China Published time: 17 Mar, 2019 13:12 · A Chinese surgeon has performed the world’s first remote brain surgery using 5G technology, with the patient 3,000km away from the operating doctor. Dr. Ling Zhipei remotely implanted a neurostimulator into his patient’s brain on Saturday, Chinese state-run media reports . The surgeon manipulated the instruments in the Beijing-based PLAGH hospital from a clinic subsidiary on the southern Hainan island, located 3,000km away. The surgery is said to have lasted three hours and ended successfully. The patient, suffering from Parkinson’s disease, is said to be feeling well after the pioneering operation. The doctor used a computer connected to the next-generation 5G network developed by Chinese tech giant Huawei. The new device enabled a near real-time connection, according to Dr. Ling. “You barely feel that the patient is 3,000 kilometers away,” he said.
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