Ridiculous Donations and Censorship After George Floyd's Death

"It was crazy after George Floyd was killed. There were 70 different companies in the United States that donated over 200 billion dollars to Black Lives Matter in the U.S. That's more than the GDP of Portugal, which is crazy in terms of the amount of money donated to these causes.

And making donations just wasn’t enough. Even, you know, Zuckerberg and Facebook at that time donated a seven-figure sum. But then, that summer, when Trump tweeted the famous “when the looting starts, the shooting starts,” suddenly everyone wanted him removed from Facebook, because donating was no longer enough. People also had to be silenced."

Social media platforms owned by Mark Zuckerberg, especially Facebook and Instagram, faced heavy criticism during the Black Lives Matter protests and the social tensions following the murder of George Floyd. In response to the protests and the criticism of the movement, these platforms implemented censorship measures that affected those who opposed or publicly criticized the Black Lives Matter movement.

In a prominent case, when President Donald Trump posted his controversial tweet in 2020, "when the looting starts, the shooting starts," social media platforms, including Facebook, decided to censor his posts and eventually suspend his account. This action sparked an intense debate about freedom of speech and censorship on digital platforms. Trump's censorship was seen by some as a form of repression of free speech, while others considered it necessary to curb hate speech.

Overall, the censorship policies on these platforms were viewed as a way to silence those who did not support the Black Lives Matter movement, especially those with opposing views to the widespread backing of the movement, which generated tensions regarding the control and influence of major tech companies in political and social discourse.