Zuckerberg also called for new laws around political advertising, saying it shouldn't be up to a private company to decide what qualifies as political content.
. Zuckerberg's company owns the three most popular social apps in the world with Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
Zuckerberg, by contrast, does not appear to think the answer is less Facebook. He appeared to dismiss the idea of altering core Facebook features, such as livestreaming. In one example of his thinking, he refused to consider the idea of putting a delay on video livestreams. The suspected Christchurch shooter who killed 50 people in an attack on two mosques livestreamed the entire attack on Facebook. The stream was watched 200 times before it was taken down, but by thenAsked if a delay would help, Zuckerberg said:"You know, it might, in this case. But it would also fundamentally break what livestreaming is for people.
"Most people are livestreaming, you know, a birthday party or hanging out with friends when they can't be together. And it's one of the things that's magical about livestreaming is that it's bi-directional, right? So you're not just broadcasting. You're communicating. And people are commenting back. So if you had a delay that would break that.
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