Zuckerberg makes confused comments about the deniers of the Holocaust and sets off a storm

The Executive Director and Founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg tried to pick up the broken plates Wednesday afternoon after previous comments in which he said that the Holocaust deniers Jews who post their messages on this social network do not do so "intentionally false".

Zuckerberg's comments are reflected in an interview with ReCode, published Wednesday morning. There, he cited the Holocaust deniers as an example that the social network allows conspiracy theories to stay on the site, although this limits its scope so that fewer people see them.

"In the end, I do not think I have to reverse this, because I think that there are things that people are wrong," Zuckerberg said. "I do not think that's a problem. they do it intentionally wrong. "

Later in the interview, he continued to compare conspiracy theories with users who express themselves wrongly

" It is difficult to challenge the intention and understand it. it does not matter how odious some of these examples are, the fact is that I'm wrong too when I'm speaking in public.

The controversial interview immediately sparked a virulent reaction in social media, press and civil rights activists like Jonathan Greenblat, executive director of the Anti-Defamation League, who told CNN "Denial of the Holocaust is a tactic of deliberate and long-standing deception by the anti-Semites, undeniably hateful, hurtful and threatening to the Jews."

] Greenblat complained to Facebook of "the moral and ethical obligation not to allow dissemination" of anti-Semitic messages.

A few hours later, when the networks burned year, Zuckerberg sent an email to interview Kara Swisher to tell him that she had been wrong.

"Personally, I find Holocaust denial deeply shocking, and I did not have the intention of defending people who deny this," he wrote e-mail

Mark Zuckerberg states: "Personally, I found the denial of the Holocaust deeply shocking, and I had absolutely no intention of defending the intent of the people who deny it. ": Https://t.co/KPqqdb5mGJ

– Recode (@Recode) July 19, 2018

Zuckerberg's comments come a week after Facebook confirmed that it would allow Infowars, a site that spreads conspiracy theories, to stay on its platform. Facebook said the site does not violate community standards.

After a clarification from its founding president, the social network has announced that in the coming months, it will begin to delete the content that feeds the violence, although it must be about to happen, not just to be a speculation. The company will rely on third-party partners to make this distinction