Zuckerberg: white male Facebook board member's Trump support provides 'diversity'

Facebook CEO says of Peter Thiel's continued support of Republican nominee: 'There are many reasons a person might support Trump'

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended Facebook board member Peter Thiel's support of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in a post that invoked the importance of "diversity" for the social media company.

"We care deeply about diversity. That's easy to say when it means standing up for ideas you agree with. It's a lot harder when it means standing up for the rights of people with different viewpoints to say what they care about," Zuckerberg wrote in a post visible only to Facebook employees, a photograph of which was shared on Hacker News on Tuesday.