Hey, Mark Zuckerberg: Get off the fence on free speech

Published October 17, 2019 6:41pm ET



Mark Zuckerberg is a walking, talking contradiction when it comes to free speech.

The Facebook founder and Silicon Valley icon often touts the virtues of the First Amendment and free expression, but his company’s policies don’t always embody the lofty ideas to which he pays lip service. This was on full display during his Thursday Georgetown University talk on free speech — at which, ironically enough, student journalists were reportedly barred from asking questions.

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