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http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/27/angela-merkel-caught-on-hot-mic-pressing-facebook-ceo-over-anti-immigrant-posts.html http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/27/angela-merkel

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/27/angela-merkel-caught-on-hot-mic-pressing-facebook-ceo-over-anti-immigrant-posts.html http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/27/angela-merkel-caught-on-hot-m... On the sidelines of a United Nations luncheon on Saturday, Merkel was caught on a hot mic pressing Zuckerberg about social media posts about the wave of Syrian refugees entering Germany, the publication reported. The Facebook CEO was overheard responding that "we need to do some work" on curtailing anti-immigrant posts about the refugee crisis. "Are you working on this?" Merkel asked in English, to which Zuckerberg replied in the affirmative before the transmission was disrupted.

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DangerousPie 11y ago
She is not asking to remove content critical of her policies, she is asking to remove content promoting violence or racial hatred. You can criticize her policies as much as you want.
germanier 11y ago
This does not concern mere anti-immigrant posts but those that are blatantly against long-existing German laws, such as calls for violence, incitement of the masses, trivialization the actions of the Nazi regime and so on. Those have been against Facebook's own community guidelines before but enforcement has been spotty.
- maze-le 11y ago
  Don't bother... "actionwords" is a troll account, created 2 hours ago. I am not so sure if it is a troll with political motivation or just a "for the lulz"-kind. On a side-note: it is very interesting that on HN, these kinds of trolls are way less visible than on other platforms
  - germanier 11y ago
    Ah, thanks that's what I suspected but never checked. Nonetheless I think that the responses of me and others in this subthread should provide a good view to how those things are handled differently in Germany to those who are not trolling.
gotchange 11y ago
This is just friendly chit chat/small talk on the sidelines of a UN event not the draconian and sky-falling issue as you portrayed it. Don't you think that something that grave would warrant official communications instead other than informal exchange of words without a single mention of refugees or immigrants? Much ado about nothing!
morsch 11y ago
It's hardly a secret, the government is very open about curtailing hate speech on social networks. It's not a huge step in a country where everybody is used to Holocaust denial being a crime (much to your chagrin, I'm sure).

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DangerousPie 11y ago

She is not asking to remove content critical of her policies, she is asking to remove content promoting violence or racial hatred. You can criticize her policies as much as you want.

germanier 11y ago

This does not concern mere anti-immigrant posts but those that are blatantly against long-existing German laws, such as calls for violence, incitement of the masses, trivialization the actions of the Nazi regime and so on. Those have been against Facebook's own community guidelines before but enforcement has been spotty.

maze-le 11y ago
Don't bother... "actionwords" is a troll account, created 2 hours ago. I am not so sure if it is a troll with political motivation or just a "for the lulz"-kind. On a side-note: it is very interesting that on HN, these kinds of trolls are way less visible than on other platforms
- germanier 11y ago
  Ah, thanks that's what I suspected but never checked. Nonetheless I think that the responses of me and others in this subthread should provide a good view to how those things are handled differently in Germany to those who are not trolling.

gotchange 11y ago

This is just friendly chit chat/small talk on the sidelines of a UN event not the draconian and sky-falling issue as you portrayed it. Don't you think that something that grave would warrant official communications instead other than informal exchange of words without a single mention of refugees or immigrants? Much ado about nothing!

morsch 11y ago

It's hardly a secret, the government is very open about curtailing hate speech on social networks. It's not a huge step in a country where everybody is used to Holocaust denial being a crime (much to your chagrin, I'm sure).