Facebook lobbyist: Maybe we're allowing too much free speech

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    20 April 2011

    With President Obama visiting Facebook's Silicon Valley headquarters today, the Wall Street Journal takes a look at the company's ramped-up lobbying efforts in Washington. But one lobbyist's quote, flagged by Time's Austin Ramzy, isn't going to do the social networking giant's public image any favors:

    "Maybe we will block content in some countries, but not others," Adam Conner, a Facebook lobbyist, told the Journal. "We are occasionally held in uncomfortable positions because now we're allowing too much, maybe, free speech in countries that haven't experienced it before," he said.