It was one of the most anticipated interviews after Mark Zuckerberg’s video announcing that Meta will relax the content moderation system of its social networks in the US. The millionaire founder of Facebook was the star guest on Joe Rogan’s podcast, one of the most listened to in the world and, without a doubt, Zuckerberg gave a show.
In his statements, Mark Zuckerberg spoke about alleged pressure from the White House to increase content censorship, against Apple’s privacy policies, and he had plenty of time to assure that companies need more “masculine energy.”
Goal and freedom of expression
Last Friday, the founder stood before the microphones for an almost three-hour interview with Joe Rogan that went a long way. It was one of the most anticipated interviews after the controversy caused by the end of Meta’s content moderation policy. The millionaire entered the fray from minute one, attacking the Biden Administration. It’s not the first time he’s done it.
The millionaire assured that the original idea of the moderation system was to remove obvious hoaxes from circulation “that the earth is flat and things like that.” After Trump’s first term, “we began to face massive institutional pressure to censor content based on ideology. The system went awry. Some of those people whose job it is to make fact-checking They focused on verifying political content. “That’s why a lot of people thought that the verifiers were too biased, not necessarily in what they solved, but in the type of things they chose to verify,” said the millionaire.
The millionaire acknowledged that everything began to get tense during the pandemic – at the time Trump was still occupying the Oval Office, as they remember in The Verge—, but it became more intense after his term, despite the fact that Meta blocked Trump’s accounts on his social networks at the end of his term.
“At first, it seemed reasonable to give some deference to the government and health authorities about how we should handle this. But when it went from ‘two weeks to flatten the curve’ to ‘you have to wear a mask,’ and everything was constantly changing , it was very difficult to follow,” lamented Mark Zuckerberg.
Asked who exerted that pressure, the millionaire assured that “it was people from the Biden administration,” although Mark Zuckerberg “was not directly involved in those conversations.” Rogan attempted to go into more detail, to which Zuckerberg responded that members of the current administration “yelled and cursed” at Meta employees responsible for content moderation.
Mark Zuckerberg during his interview with Joe Rogan
Apple: 20 years without innovating
The millionaire did not seem willing to bury the hatchet and took advantage of the podcast’s enormous audience (his interview has more than 6 million views) to attack Apple. “When you look at recent launches, you don’t see significant progress. They’ve been iterating on the same product for years.”
The Facebook founder was especially combative with Apple’s restrictive policies, especially after the latest changes to the iPhone’s privacy policy. “The way they run that Apple store, where they charge people 30%, it seems crazy that they can get away with it,” said Mark Zuckerberg. In fact, the US government has already opened an investigation into those from Cupertino for this.
The millionaire also criticized the iPhone’s connectivity system, in which it gives priority to Apple devices. Zuckerberg said Apple had “completely limited anyone else’s ability to build something that can connect to the iPhone in the same way.” This controversy arises after Apple’s refusal to allow Meta to use the direct connection protocol in its products, which the brand reserves for its products, as highlighted in 9to5 Mac.
“They make things like AirPods, which are great, but they have completely limited anyone else’s ability to make something that can connect to the iPhone in the same way. Technological progress should not be dictated by a single player imposing its rules “We need an open ecosystem where the best ideas can thrive,” said the millionaire.
However, what really hurt Mark Zuckerberg was not that Apple was restrictive with the connection of its devices, but with the privacy of its users after the change in the anti-tracking policies implemented in its Safari browser. According to the Financial Timesthe measure has caused apps such as Facebook, YouTube or Snap to stop earning about 10 billion dollars by not being able to track the browsing of Apple browser users.
Companies need more “masculine energy”
Mark Zuckerberg also did not mince his words when talking about equality and inclusion policies (known in the US as DEI for the acronym of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion), and the effect that this has had on the business fabric.
“I only have sisters and three daughters, so I’m surrounded by women in my life, so I think masculine energy is good, and obviously society has a lot of that, but I think corporate culture is moving away from it,” Zuckerberg said in his interview.
“I think that’s all good. But I think the corporate culture has leaned towards something more emasculated. I think having a culture that celebrates aggression a little more has its own merits that are really positive,” the millionaire explained during the interview. , remembering his love for MMA and Jiu-jitsu.
Mark Zuckerberg clarified that “it’s one thing to say we want to be welcoming and create a good environment for everyone, and I think it’s another thing to basically say ‘masculinity is bad,’ and culturally we lean toward that part of the spectrum.”
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