CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) — Mark Zuckerberg held his first question and answer session over Facebook Live on Tuesday (June 14). At the top of the session, the Facebook chief executive spoke of the Orlando shootings, and also acknowledged an attack in Paris, where a man killed a police commander his partner and made postings about the attack on the social media site.
“One of the things that I’m so proud of that our community does, whenever there is a tragedy around the world, we always find a way to come together,” said Zuckerberg, speaking from his office at the company’s Menlo Park, California headquarters.
“We’re going to keep all the people that were affected, victims, the whole LGBT community in our thoughts and prayers from Orlando. Unfortunately, there was another attack just last night in France where a police officer and his family were attacked, and there are really sad attacks like this going on all over the world.”
Facebook activated its “Safety Check” function on Sunday (June 12) for the first time in the United States after a gunman massacred 49 people at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The feature allows Facebook users to spread the word that they are safe in wake of a natural disaster or a crisis, and allows searches for those who might be in the affected area.
During the session, Zuckerberg answered a variety of questions, chosen by their popularity on the site, one of the top being if he was actually a lizard. Zuckerberg’s answer: no.
The Facebook founder was then joined by comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who said he was visiting the the offices to try the Facebook-owned Oculus Rift virtual reality headset.