On a call with Trump, Zuckerberg reportedly 'expressed concerns about the tone and rhetoric' the president was using in his social media posts about the nationwide protests
The Facebook CEO reportedly spoke to the president on Friday and took him to task over his"tone and rhetoric" after the now-infamous"when the looting starts, the shooting starts" tweet.
The president's Minneapolis tweet caused a storm of controversy immediately after it was published and led toreports that on Friday morning Facebook contacted the White House about the incendiary nature of the post and "urged them to make a change" even though the post did not violate the company's policies.
The Zuckerberg call comes as the tension between the White House and the tech giants intensifies. Last week, despite a fierce reaction from the Trump administration over a pair of Trump's tweets that were flagged as misleading on the platform.
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