Norwegian editor challenges Zuckerberg to discuss censorship

Head of Aftenposten, which forced backdown over 'napalm girl' photo, accuses Facebook founder of hiding from debate

The Norwegian editor who successfully took on the might of Facebook over its censorship of the famous "napalm girl" photograph has challenged Mark Zuckerberg to publicly face up to his responsibility as one of the world's most powerful people.

Espen Egil Hansen, whose newspaper Aftenposten helped force the social media site to back down in it decision to remove The Terror of War image from Facebook versions of its articles, accused Zuckerberg of ducking the debate. He branded Facebook a "frenemy of the people" because of the way it dominates the internet.