NEW DELHI: He does not name Kapil Mishra. But the BJP politician’s “controversial” speech against anti-CAA protestors seems to have become a yardstick for measuring incitement to violence at Facebook, a leaked audio of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s interaction with the company’s employees has revealed.
Zuckerberg was trying to explain to Facebook employees why the company decided not to act against US President Donald Trump’s “controversial” comments on the protests following George Floyd’s killing by a cop. He claimed that Trump’s comments did not encourage vigilantism but called for “excessive policing”. Zuckerberg has been drawing flaks from various quarters over Trump’s comments.
“…Our policies around incitement of violence, you know… have some clear precedents… There have been examples of government officials around the world, we’ve taken them down. And there have been cases in India, for example, where someone said, ‘Hey, if the police don’t take care of this, our supporters will g