Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is dealing with the contradictions of promoting free speech while running the world’s biggest social network, after being called out on the gap between his words and Facebook policy.

Zuckerberg, who has been outspoken in his support of Charlie Hebdo and freedom of speech in general following the attack on the magazine, posted a Facebook message about Sunday’s vigil in the heart of Paris.

“You can’t kill an idea,” he wrote. “It’s inspiring to see the videos of more than two million people of all religions, ages, ethnicities and backgrounds come together to march in unity.

“As long as we are connected, then no attacks by extremists – not in Nigeria, not in Pakistan, not in the Middle East and not in France – can stand in the way of history’s arc towards freedom and acceptance for all.”

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/12/mark-zuckerberg-freedom-speech-facebook

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