Webb7 438 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 In an unusual rebuke of President Donald Trump, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg criticized the president and his administration for the federal government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Interviewing Dr. Anthony Fauci, America's top infectious disease expert, Zuckerberg Thursday laid into the government for acting against the advice of experts. "I just think that it was avoidable and it it's really disappointing that we still don't have adequate testing, that the credibility of top scientists like yourself and the CDC are being undermined and until recently that parts of the administration were calling into question whether people should even follow basic best practices like wearing masks," Zuckerberg said. The United States is facing new coronavirus infection records every day. Although many other countries have struggled to contain the disease, the trajectory of infections in the United States is off the charts. "This government and our administration have been considerably less effective at handling this," Zuckerberg noted. Fauci explained that some states opened their economies too quickly and jumped over their own guidelines for reopening, ignoring the advice of experts. He noted other states properly followed protocols to safely reopen, but some citizens "went from lockdown to caution into the wind." And Fauci said that the United States as a whole never allowed coronavirus infections to sink to a reasonable baseline, allowing infections to spiral out of control again. "That's a recipe for getting into trouble," Fauci said. Zuckerberg praised Fauci, who has been criticized (on and off the record) by the Trump administration for his leadership in directing responses to the pandemic. But Zuckerberg said Fauci left out of his explanation of coronavirus' return the government's active ignoranceand directives to disobey the best advice of scientists. "You might be quite generous in your description of the government's response," Zuckerberg said. Zuckerberg's criticism of the Trump administration is particularly noteworthy because he has been widely rebuked for cozying up to Trump. Facebook, for example, has refused to take down or flag Trump's controversial, hateful, misleading and false statements, which Zuckerberg has said remain important for public discourse. After Trump posted "When the looting starts, the shooting starts," Twitter said the post violated its rules, but Facebook made no such mention. That led more than 140 scientists who have received funding and support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative — Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan's nonprofit initiative — to pen an open letter to Zuckerberg that urged him to "consider stricter policies on misinformation and incendiary language." Zuckerberg's decision to leave the Trump posts up has alienated many of the company's own workers, too. Last month, some Facebook employees staged a virtual walkout over inaction on the matter. One employee even quit his job in June, telling CNN Business he was worried that Facebook would be used to further escalate violence in the United States. In response, Zuckerberg and Chan said in June they were "disgusted" by Trump's remarkson the nationwide protests against racial injustice. https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/17/tech/mark-zuckerberg-anthony-fauci-donald-trump/index.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vyniildisk 12,689 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Tell dem Daddy Zuckii Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennywise 36,080 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 But he doesn't want the president's hate speech to be flagged as such on Facebook. How curious So long ggd, it was nice while it lasted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotDoctor 708 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 So is he actually going do something about it or just continue to let this administration do wherever it wants on Zuck's platform? I don't give a **** if he's concerned or upset; ****ing do something Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doot 2 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 The last person anyone should listen to is Mark Zuckerberg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 78,929 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 He’s a rat in a trash bag but he spilled the tea for once Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumours 45,521 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Just now, Doot said: The last person anyone should listen to is Mark Zuckerberg Preach Doot. Preach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Too little too late, in my opinion. Must have lost a substantial amount of ad revenue from so many people deleting their accounts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenOfSaigon 624 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Took him some time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webb7 438 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 He looks like cute Amish boy .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeasgeorge 9,427 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Zuckerburg is really going to call Trump disgusting like he isn't also disgusting for suing Native Hawaiian Islanders because they don't want to sell their land to him He's right about Trump but they're both trash live and let live Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 31,119 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 A bad guy calling out a bad guy hmmmm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUtterfield 8 41,818 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 18 minutes ago, lifeasgeorge said: Zuckerburg is really going to call Trump disgusting like he isn't also disgusting for suing Native Hawaiian Islanders because they don't want to sell their land to him He's right about Trump but they're both trash I don’t know why that hasn’t made more news Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webb7 438 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 8 minutes ago, Blue Lagoon said: I don’t know why that hasn’t made more news Ask Trump Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarstruckIllusion 53,564 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 32 minutes ago, lifeasgeorge said: Zuckerburg is really going to call Trump disgusting like he isn't also disgusting for suing Native Hawaiian Islanders because they don't want to sell their land to him He's right about Trump but they're both trash 13 minutes ago, Blue Lagoon said: I don’t know why that hasn’t made more news Bc it turned out to be a nothingburger of a story bc he basically sued the island to find the owner, and ask them about building a mansion there, instead of literally colonizing it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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