John Kiriakou says Mark Zuckerberg was one of the first tech figures to fly to Germany and meet with then-Chancellor Angela Merkel, around the time of Barack Obama’s election, to discuss hate-speech policy and help define what would count as hate speech on Facebook. [1]
Kiriakou raises the meeting while objecting that it should not be up to Zuckerberg to decide a private citizen’s position on Israel, though he agrees free speech should not extend to posting content like child pornography or threats on someone’s life. [1] In a separate conversation, Kiriakou raises OnlyFans’ ownership as part of a broader claim about Israeli influence in online platforms.