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Such hullabaloo but IMO the Zuckerberg Q&A sounds like most tech all-hands
— jessica powell (@themoko) October 1, 2019
"We're right and [politicians/media] are wrong and yes we care about [issue x] but the media exaggerates things, and no we don't think it's an issue. And now I will make a joke and you will laugh pls" https://t.co/8hJVp2Z2Kh
This is so unbelievably important. And, in case you're wondering, note that she came out with this strong, surprising proposal *right before her big surge*.
— Zephyr Teachout (@ZephyrTeachout) October 1, 2019
Fearless anti-monopoly is good for democracy, and its good politics. https://t.co/iYcBc9n7U0
Not the bombshell people are hoping for. And Zuckerberg isn’t going to slip in an employee open meeting. https://t.co/9c5Qfg3t7s
— John S. Wilson (@JohnWilson) October 1, 2019
This is maybe the *least* important bit in this incredible transcript from @CaseyNewton, but it’s nice to hear that Facebook isn’t currently entertaining the brain implant thing. https://t.co/OApOHkbd5m
— Adi Robertson (@thedextriarchy) October 1, 2019
This is wild. Not necessarily because anything Zuckerberg said here is scandalous. But because Zuckerberg does these company-wide QAs all the time - an important part of FB culture - and he speaks very candidly because he trusts employees won’t leak what he says. https://t.co/stXrGLtOIk
— Kurt Wagner (@KurtWagner8) October 1, 2019
Here are Zuckerberg's thoughts on the leak. To answer some of the conspiracy tweets I've gotten: no, Facebook PR did not give me this audio. I wish! https://t.co/Z3oFgQwKu2 pic.twitter.com/p6Ej8Mb6zF
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) October 1, 2019
“[Zuckerberg] joked repeatedly about how he would have been fired several times over the years if he had not negotiated for total control over the company, drawing laughter from his employees.” https://t.co/z5w2dpsiIw
— Anil Dash ? (@anildash) October 1, 2019
Today we're publishing highlights from two hours of leaked audio in which Mark Zuckerberg rallies Facebook against critics, competitors, and Sen. @EWarren. It's a fascinating look at a company under siege. https://t.co/5Hkkdfma8V pic.twitter.com/N5VYPa8Nn2
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) October 1, 2019
The idea that Warren poses an existential threat to Facebook is ... just wrong.
— Farhad Manjoo (@fmanjoo) October 1, 2019
She’s calling for breaking up Facebook so that it no longer owns WhatsApp and Instagram.
That’s not existential! Facebook would exist and still be by far the biggest social network in the world.
The gifts to Warren’s fundraising team keep coming https://t.co/EBp77G2aC8
— laura olin (@lauraolin) October 1, 2019
As Zuckerberg said, Warren winning would cost him a lot in legal fees.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) October 1, 2019
Trump, by contrast, boosts profits with corporate tax cuts.
Does he have an obligation to shareholders to help spread fake news that helps him beat her?
Hey Mark ??! Cool joke about our size and money! How about we work together on election integrity instead of trying to compete about it. I think that’s what’s best for all of our customers and democracy. https://t.co/jx1VzJ8nlt
— Lara Cohen ?? (@Larakate) October 1, 2019
There's much more here: on the rocky rollout of Libra, why he refuses to testify in front of most governments, and what employees should tell friends who have a bad opinion of Facebook. We put together a full transcript of his newsworthy remarks here. https://t.co/2qLieQiZ8Q
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) October 1, 2019
"If anything, cartels HELP democracy!" https://t.co/ez7ZcjvtdM pic.twitter.com/BxxB1a01C9
— Drew Magary (@drewmagary) October 1, 2019
I'm not afraid to hold Big Tech companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon accountable. It's time to #BreakUpBigTech: https://t.co/o9X9v4noOm
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) October 1, 2019
Why, if you are Mark Zuckerberg, would you say out loud that you are scared of Elizabeth Warren and intend to fight her? Did he think it wouldn't leak? Did he think it wouldn't sound bad? https://t.co/dkgcHSsgtY
— Laurie Voss (@seldo) October 1, 2019
All of us to Zuckerberg: https://t.co/Thid16u4yh pic.twitter.com/eEr5PWYhKo
— Courtney Enlow ➡️ NYCC (@courtenlow) October 1, 2019
There’s so much more in the Zuck audio leak but I can’t get over him calling Facebook “existential” https://t.co/DN7lwh76jK
— joanne mcneil (@jomc) October 1, 2019
Zuckerberg tries to own his Q&A leaked to @CaseyNewton so it feels less clandestine, but I'd bet regulators will demand he be "unfiltered" with them too https://t.co/QgTWimoW9N pic.twitter.com/BJHJMUbe0w
— Josh Constine (@JoshConstine) October 1, 2019
Yet another thing @ewarren can make a campaign ad about. Facebook, like Wall Street, is scared of her. https://t.co/pMEarscU9a
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) October 1, 2019
What would really “suck” is if we don’t fix a corrupt system that lets giant companies like Facebook engage in illegal anticompetitive practices, stomp on consumer privacy rights, and repeatedly fumble their responsibility to protect our democracy. https://t.co/rI0v55KKAi
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) October 1, 2019
Tech giants have armies of lawyers and lobbyists working around the clock to protect their interests. Their greed has surpassed ethics and morals. They tried to kill campaign of Tulsi Gabbard in the past.
— Priya Kulkarni (@priyaakulkarni2) October 1, 2019
Back home India keep an eye on this
@rsprasad https://t.co/wPuOgu2hNr pic.twitter.com/FUxuEcErt2
Zuckerberg responds.
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) October 1, 2019
(via @sameepa) $FB pic.twitter.com/QTaYM7U1lV
From @CaseyNewton what we call in the business a barnburner. Mark Zuckerberg is not having any of your breakup DC and will sue you if you make Facebook have an “existential” moment. And yes, there’s audio. https://t.co/MXLFWNssYc
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) October 1, 2019
Great get, @CaseyNewton, and I hope more transcripts emerge. A record of FB all-hands from, say, 2013-2018 would be a genuinely valuable contribution to our understanding of the world. https://t.co/1Esq8VRWrA
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) October 1, 2019
Zuckerberg mostly stays on script with answers. Interesting comments on Elizabeth Warren. But most interesting is that an employee felt it was worth breaking trust and leaked the audio. https://t.co/eaul10Ori7
— Steve Kovach (@stevekovach) October 1, 2019
facebook doesn’t get to decide what fines it will or will not “entertain” for repeatedly breaking the law on a mammoth scale, and it would be just dandy if the agency responsible for regulating them were interested in reminding them of that https://t.co/CDpnEoIJg6 pic.twitter.com/EvKtsztple
— Lindsey Barrett (@LAM_Barrett) September 30, 2019
If you work at Facebook and have a conscience, note that when Facebook takes criticism from conservative politicians, Zuckerberg tries to change things up to appease critics whereas when it takes criticism from progressive politicians he vows to “go to the mat” to fight them.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) October 1, 2019
Respect for Zuckerberg move of posting @CaseyNewton scoop of his existential crisis chat and providing link. By which I mean the PR person who convinced him to do it. (I’m looking at you @nick_clegg.) https://t.co/gLUFe8pvUn via @nytimes
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) October 1, 2019
Again, I'm not necessarily in favor of breaking up big tech, but I don't know if we should be taking our regulatory and legislative cues from VCs...actually, no, I do know. We should not take our regulatory and legislative cues from venture capitalists. https://t.co/JBRcBFeaqM
— Christina Warren (@film_girl) October 1, 2019
A good question for him is whether in addition to using his billions of dollars and vast army of lawyers to try to win political battles, would he use Facebook’s control over news distribution to try to slant election results in favor of candidates he likes better? Why not?
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) October 1, 2019
One major danger for those who think Favebook is being held accountable is Facebook’s ability to deceive lawmakers and the public into believing they’re seeing under the hood, unvarnished truth when they’re actually getting a peek into a controlled environment. https://t.co/H0X90VhuyI
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) October 1, 2019
Mark Zuckerberg admitting he is terrified of Elizabeth Warren is better than any endorsement ? https://t.co/HTwNFE6cdb
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) October 1, 2019
Zuck: "You have someone like Elizabeth Warren who thinks that the right answer is to break up the companies ... if someone’s going to try to threaten something that existential, you go to the mat and you fight." I am sure her campaign appreciates the ad. https://t.co/Ceywy6OehP
— Abigail Tracy (@abigailtracy) October 1, 2019
Zuckerberg says, go ahead, read the transcript to get "an unfiltered version of what I'm thinking."
— Jonathan Skillings (@jeskillings) October 1, 2019
But -- is Mark Zuckerberg ever really, really unfiltered? https://t.co/bgOxWlca9V
In two hours of audio leaked to The Verge, Mark Zuckerberg rallies Facebook employees against critics, competitors, and the US government. Here are some highlights:https://t.co/SXEByFkOJx pic.twitter.com/QDpF1dT71f
— The Verge (@verge) October 1, 2019
The telling thing is they won’t “go to the mat” and “fight” against the “existential” threat of the corrupt white supremacist predator president that their board member went on national TV to endorse. https://t.co/5KkBvkkjBf
— Anil Dash ? (@anildash) October 1, 2019
Ironically, this private, leaked recording amounts to the best interview Mark Zuckerberg has ever done. https://t.co/lMV8wUsksp
— Dave Lee (@DaveLeeBBC) October 1, 2019
If Elizabeth Warren were right that Facebook stifles innovation and should be broken up, startup investors would agree with her. They both (a) understand startups, and (b) have the most to lose if incumbents kill the up and coming ones. But on the whole they don't agree with her.
— Paul Graham (@paulg) October 1, 2019
Warren meanwhile has zero issue with those sites censoring independent users profusely for political reasons. https://t.co/QCfngAY6s6
— Styxhexenhammer666 (@Styx666Official) October 1, 2019
We have to fix a corrupt system that lets giant companies like Facebook engage in illegal anticompetitive practices, stomp on consumer privacy rights, and repeatedly fumble their responsibility to protect our democracy. #BreakUpBigTech https://t.co/c0qWuRb9NN
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) October 1, 2019
ZUCKERBERG: Elizabeth Warren "thinks that the right answer is to break up the companies .. if she gets elected president, then I would bet that we will have a legal challenge, and I would bet that we will win the legal challenge. And does that still suck for us? Yeah .."$FB https://t.co/cRTmrmxOpy
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) October 1, 2019
Meta-take: The leak is more important than the content.
— Peter Kafka (@pkafka) October 1, 2019
Facebook has been holding weekly all-hands for thousands of employees for years. Very little has gotten out until now. https://t.co/DgsKXIl5V0
New story in Technology from Time: https://t.co/VOVtk5Slyz pic.twitter.com/sjaHpaFJXR
— Edith Brou (@edithbrou) October 1, 2019
‘You Go to the Mat and Fight.’ Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Address Elizabeth Warren’s Break-Up Calls in Leaked Audio https://t.co/zqVDLBzjbp pic.twitter.com/AjB2sovkBv
— Ace Computer (@Acecomputer5) October 1, 2019
Leak of Facebook’s Internal Q&A Sessions Reveal Early Strategy for Libra #bitcoin https://t.co/2Gke2MbmDm pic.twitter.com/SjrAtuyw89
— Btctools (@Btctools) October 1, 2019
"I bet that we will have a legal challenge, and I would bet that we will win the legal challenge," Zuckerberg said of Warren's plan to break up big teach https://t.co/kbWaBGIvWZ
— Cheyenne Haslett (@cheyennehaslett) October 1, 2019
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees he would fight a legal battle against Elizabeth Warren's ambitions to break up big tech, according to leaked audio. https://t.co/wikGLgHWk2
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) October 1, 2019
Facebook’s ''I Voted'' Button Could Be Trump’s Secret Turnout Weapon In 2020 https://t.co/s6HDHbb6MT
— ᴸᵁᴸᵁ ᴸᴱ ᴹᴱᵂꜝ #HateIsNOTaHoax (@LuluLemew) October 1, 2019
I don't know why anyone thinks Facebook is a problem or why Zuckerberg's comments about how @ewarren presents an 'existential threat' to the company matters. https://t.co/AFRMkcgZM8
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) October 1, 2019
“As Facebook’s user base morphs into the Trump coalition — older, less-educated, and more Republican — the platform's get-out-the-vote efforts could become a powerful element of the president's reelection campaign” https://t.co/66uXUy00BE
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 1, 2019
Civic participation is what we all want. But… https://t.co/ZUdUbkPj7i
— David Carroll ? (@profcarroll) October 1, 2019
Facebook’s Voter Turnout Machine Could Be Trump’s Secret Weapon In 2020https://t.co/pm9ciKp55X pic.twitter.com/1J03c6DKsB
— Mat Honan (@mat) October 1, 2019
It's so funny; social media platforms for years sponsored Get-Out-The-Vote efforts, celebrated by press & liberals who assumed those efforts would of course help Democrats
— Logan Dobson (@LoganDobson) October 1, 2019
Now someone thinks *maybe* such an effort might boost Republicans, so it's SCARY https://t.co/wlSEneDbsM pic.twitter.com/s4w77Lvi77
#DeleteFacebook
— KFClinton (@KFClinton3) October 1, 2019
Zuck is determined once again to elect the fav candidate of the uber rich, Trump.
FB is "older, less-educated, and more Republican" so the R base has a majority.
It is low IQ and it encourages misinformation and lies.
https://t.co/Dscxsh0Tpw
#AbortFacebook
— ≡l≡v≡nth (@3L3V3NTH) October 1, 2019
Facebook’s "I Voted" Button Could Be Trump’s Secret Turnout Weapon In 2020 https://t.co/7Jl06bRJZK
An interesting question that Facebook doesn't want to grapple with: Can its "I Voted" feature shift a presidential vote as its user base becomes older and more conservative? https://t.co/SmbP0jp4BF
— Ryan Mac ? (@RMac18) October 1, 2019
Facebook’s "I Voted" Button Could Be Trump’s Secret Turnout Weapon In 2020 https://t.co/cGhzUrggUe
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) October 1, 2019
As Facebook's audience skews toward the Trump coalition, is its get-out-the-vote power a Trump campaign asset? https://t.co/LVdSOoZnIt
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) October 1, 2019
Leaked #Zuckerberg Audio Reveals #Facebook's Plan to Sue the U.S. If #Warren Tries to Break Up Big Tech #MOGhttps://t.co/3hdqxJKQzP
— Michael O'Grady (@mog7546) October 1, 2019
Need another reason to dump Facebook? Here you go!#Facebook #Zuckerberg https://t.co/Ll8SJjPdbF
— DTwyman ? (@dtwyman) October 1, 2019
This is a war between Capital and Labor.
— Dwight Rhinosoros (@rhinosoros) October 1, 2019
https://t.co/u5WBgQCo3d
Leaked Zuckerberg Audio Reveals Facebook's Plan to Sue the U.S. Government If Elizabeth Warren Tries to Break Up Big Techhttps://t.co/OyYGLi44wy
— ??lack of civility?? (@JordanUhl) October 1, 2019
Pete Buttigieg: "There are a lot of natural monopolies in tech" https://t.co/YQ7Pmvgtn0
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) October 1, 2019
Ahead of Warren-Zuckerberg spat, Buttigieg criticized Massachusetts senator on big tech https://t.co/wryF5Nknrd
— Tom LoBianco (@tomlobianco) October 2, 2019
Buttigieg argued, “the more interesting question is about power and how much the concentration of economic power turns into concentration of political power, which is the big failure of neoliberalism.” https://t.co/6Iu6gMQ75t
— Introverts for Pete (@Introverts4Pete) October 1, 2019
Pete Buttigieg doesn't like Elizabeth Warren's plan to break up massive tech companies like Facebook and believes tech has "natural monopolies" within it, whatever that means: https://t.co/ktjz2GgBr7
— Shannon Coulter-geist ? (@shannoncoulter) October 1, 2019
Ahead of Warren-Zuckerberg spat, Buttigieg criticized Massachusetts senator on big tech https://t.co/YQ7Pmvgtn0
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) October 1, 2019
MUST READ from @Bencjacobs on how @PeteButtigieg is at war with @ewarren while undermining the reputation of Rhodes Scholars.
— Jeff Hauser (@jeffhauser) October 1, 2019
Um, "a lot of natural monopolies in tech" -- then why did Facebook BUY Instagram, WhatsApp, Google buy DoubleClick, etc...? https://t.co/gCYB2enx43 (1/x) pic.twitter.com/Jt4xC1hnjI
Pete Buttigieg: "If you take Twitter, and cut it in half, you’ll just get two Twitters — one will be good and the other will go away.”https://t.co/Tp8B37hkTS
— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) October 1, 2019
.@PeteButtigieg's thoughts on tech: https://t.co/Mn2SGuNRoN
— PeteForAmerica2020 (@PeteForUSA2020) October 1, 2019
Buttigieg offered a veiled shot at Elizabeth Warren on regulating big tech last week:
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) October 1, 2019
"I choke a little bit on the idea that’s coming from at least one candidate [that] if a company reaches a certain scale, just break them up."https://t.co/YQ7Pmvgtn0
Here are Zuckerberg's thoughts on the leak. To answer some of the conspiracy tweets I've gotten: no, Facebook PR did not give me this audio. I wish! https://t.co/Z3oFgQwKu2 pic.twitter.com/p6Ej8Mb6zF
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) October 1, 2019
Zuckerberg tries to own his Q&A leaked to @CaseyNewton so it feels less clandestine, but I'd bet regulators will demand he be "unfiltered" with them too https://t.co/QgTWimoW9N pic.twitter.com/BJHJMUbe0w
— Josh Constine (@JoshConstine) October 1, 2019
Zuck just responded: https://t.co/GtWFknbRkY https://t.co/cqbplndgJK
— Kaya Yurieff (@kyurieff) October 1, 2019
The fact that Mark Zuckerberg is shitting himself so hard over just the possibility of Elizabeth Warren’s presidency is all the more reason to vote for her. https://t.co/RXNf53Zhrg
— (((Yvette))) (@TheSciBabe) October 1, 2019
Silicon Valley donors "are begrudgingly coming around to admit that she’s the best answer because Bernie is crazy,” said a California based money manager who spoke on the condition of anonymity. https://t.co/LI225IJ6WE
— Meagan Day (@meaganmday) October 1, 2019
Zuckerberg vowed to "fight" efforts to break up Facebook in leaked audio
— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) October 1, 2019
https://t.co/FvtUid06HQ
A Facebook employee has broken the company’s code of silence. It’s amazing it stayed intact this long. https://t.co/jQEki2xuck
— Recode (@Recode) October 1, 2019
Facebook’s code of silence has been breached. It’s amazing it stayed intact this long. https://t.co/ORoLuaTRuB via @voxdotcom
— John Laprise, Ph.D. (@JohnLaprise) October 2, 2019
Part of today’s Facebook leak may have come from event for company interns https://t.co/mfoE9D1DeW
— Vox (@voxdotcom) October 1, 2019
Was it...the intern?
— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) October 1, 2019
One of the leaked recordings of Facebook discussions appears to be from an event for interns, per @pkafka. https://t.co/58jxRH13VU
They're already hiring former FTC antitrust attorneys...
— Whitney Merrill (@wbm312) October 1, 2019
Facebook tried to fight $5B FTC fine, is ready to fight antitrust probes https://t.co/Z5onI8HDt7
#Zuckerberg HELPING #TRUMP (again)?#Facebook’s VOTER TURNOUT MACHINE Could Be Trump’s Secret Weapon In 2020
— Michael O'Grady (@mog7546) October 2, 2019
Zuckerberg worrying about Sen. #Warren, the site’s “I VOTED” BUTTON could help tip the election for the president... #MOG#Resist #Resisters
https://t.co/1OOzmwbhs1
Facebook’s Voter Turnout Machine Could Be Trump’s Secret Weapon In 2020 https://t.co/Ts7gaBRcJi via @BuzzFeedNews
— juju (@jjsmokkieBOY57) October 2, 2019
Facebook’s own data shows that Trumpists exhibit yuge propensity to engage with the UI. (gray bars=average user)
— David Carroll ? (@profcarroll) October 2, 2019
We also know Facebook can mobilize turnout with a UI tweak. https://t.co/ytRoRBjEF3
Do we know about possible disproportionate effects? https://t.co/ZUdUbkPj7i pic.twitter.com/XP1eXblWDC
We know that Facebook's voter turnout efforts can push hundreds of thousands of American voters to the polls. But the company just won't say who they vote for. https://t.co/2Lw9l1zD5r
— Scott Lucas (@ScottLucas86) October 1, 2019
Facebook's "code of silence" makes me realize Silicon Valley culture is very foreign to me.https://t.co/snPnLBtNUE
— Alvin Chang (@alv9n) October 2, 2019