Facebook Spokesman Dismisses Proposed Muslim Registry as 'Straw Man'
In an email accidentally sent to a BuzzFeed reporter, a Facebook spokesperson said the idea of a Muslim registry is a “straw man”—a sham argument that misrepresents another’s belief. Earlier this month, The Intercept asked nine tech companies if they would aide Trump in creating a Muslim registry. Facebook—along with Google, Apple, and IBM—did not respond; Twitter was the only company to say no. In an email intended for one of his colleagues, a Facebook spokesman told BuzzFeed’s Nitasha Tiku:
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