Zuckerberg defends Facebook users' right to be wrong – even Holocaust deniers

CEO explains decision not to censor conspiracy theories but says the platform will try to 'reduce distribution of content'

Mark Zuckerberg defended the rights of Facebook users to publish Holocaust denial posts, saying he didn't "think that they're intentionally getting it wrong".

In an interview with Recode published on Wednesday, the CEO also explained Facebook's decision to allow the far-right conspiracy theory website Infowars to continue using the platform, saying the social network would try to "reduce the distribution of that content", but would not censor the page.