Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a great deal of critics.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg deals with a great deal of heat about his management of the social media. But he desires the general public to understand that he didn’t begin the business to earn money.
“I didn’t get into this because I was trying to build a business or sell a bunch of ads or make money,” Zuckerberg stated Friday at the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit in Salt Lake City, Utah. “I happen to think that advertising is a great model so we can offer everyone a service for free.”
Zuckerberg, who stated today that his objective over the next years is to be comprehended instead of liked, was asked what he desired individuals to learn about him. His remarks come the exact same day that the business’s intentions were questioned by billionaire benefactor George Soros.
In an op-ed released in The New York Times on Friday, Soros declared that Facebook and President Donald Trump were interacting. “I believe that Mr. Trump and Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, realize that their interests are aligned — the president’s in winning elections, Mr. Zuckerberg’s in making money,” Soros composed. Facebook rejected the accusations.
Though Zuckerberg didn’t particularly discuss Soros in his remarks, he stated some individuals presume all business are worried just with generating income. He stated some individuals disregard the apparent method the business requires to “smear” Facebook.
Unlike Twitter, which prohibits political advertisements, Facebook has actually waited its choice to not fact-check political advertisements. The business states individuals ought to have the ability to see on their own what political leaders are stating.
Zuckerberg stated Friday that he was defending the concept of offering everybody a voice, and ensuring smaller sized companies have the exact same tools as bigger ones.
“This is the new approach, and I think it’s going to piss off a lot of people,” Zuckerberg stated. “But, frankly, the old approach was pissing off a lot of people too. So let’s try something different.”
