Zuckerberg: Facebook will protect free speech

In a show of solidarity with the victims of the attacks on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg pledged that extremism would not silence freedom of expression on Facebook.

He said Facebook would uphold freedom of expression even when sharing content that some people might find offensive. He recalled how an extremist in Parkistan fought to have him "sentenced to death" when Facebook refused to ban content about the Prophet Mohammed that offended the extremist. "We stood up for this because different voices -- even if they're sometimes offensive -- can make the world a better and more interesting place," Zuckerberg wrote. "As I reflect on yesterday's attack and my own experience with extremism, this is what we all need to reject -- a group of extremists trying to silence the voices and opinions of everyone else around the world."