Jay Powell

He published a blog with a bunch of details. And he made the signal that he was going to move the trust and safety team out of California, which he feels maybe was too far to the left, as we were just discussing in the previous story, and move it to the great state of Texas. And here's a quote from his comments.

In recent years, we've developed increasingly complex systems to manage content across our platforms, partly in response to societal and political pressures to moderate content. This approach has gone too far.

In recent years, we've developed increasingly complex systems to manage content across our platforms, partly in response to societal and political pressures to moderate content. This approach has gone too far.

If you remember back in August, Zuck sent a letter to the House Judiciary Committee explaining how the FBI and Biden administration have pressured Facebook into censoring posts about COVID and Hunter Biden. You'll also remember that Zuckerberg has over 3 billion members to his platform and had no problem banning Trump from the platform after January 6th. A lot to talk about in this topic, Cyan.

If you remember back in August, Zuck sent a letter to the House Judiciary Committee explaining how the FBI and Biden administration have pressured Facebook into censoring posts about COVID and Hunter Biden. You'll also remember that Zuckerberg has over 3 billion members to his platform and had no problem banning Trump from the platform after January 6th. A lot to talk about in this topic, Cyan.

What's your general take of Zuck going MAGA? How do you interpret his change of heart?

What's your general take of Zuck going MAGA? How do you interpret his change of heart?

It's but one signal. It's one system for trying to get to the truth. It's not the only one. Fact-checking is another one. And having no system is another one. Chamath, you're obviously an alumni. You worked side-by-side with Zuckerberg in the pivotal years of building the Facebook platform. What's your take on what Cyan said? And what do you attribute... Zuckerberg's massive 180 here.

It's but one signal. It's one system for trying to get to the truth. It's not the only one. Fact-checking is another one. And having no system is another one. Chamath, you're obviously an alumni. You worked side-by-side with Zuckerberg in the pivotal years of building the Facebook platform. What's your take on what Cyan said? And what do you attribute... Zuckerberg's massive 180 here.

So he complied. Freeberg, your thoughts on Zuckerberg? making this decision, if Kamala Harris had won, would he have released this statement or added Dana White to the board of Facebook? Probably not. Okay. There you have it, folks. Pretty straightforward here. Kamala wins. He would not have done this. He is jumping in front of a marching band and he is the band leader now.

So he complied. Freeberg, your thoughts on Zuckerberg? making this decision, if Kamala Harris had won, would he have released this statement or added Dana White to the board of Facebook? Probably not. Okay. There you have it, folks. Pretty straightforward here. Kamala wins. He would not have done this. He is jumping in front of a marching band and he is the band leader now.

He's got his baton and he's a front runner. And if you open the dictionary and you look it up.

He's got his baton and he's a front runner. And if you open the dictionary and you look it up.

Oh, yeah, there's a tremendous amount wrong with it. It's called moral integrity, having an ethical compass, having chutzpah, having an own sense of what's right and wrong in the world, which he does not have, in my estimation, based on his behavior here.

Oh, yeah, there's a tremendous amount wrong with it. It's called moral integrity, having an ethical compass, having chutzpah, having an own sense of what's right and wrong in the world, which he does not have, in my estimation, based on his behavior here.

Let me be clear. I'm happy you're challenging me on it. I base people on their actions. His action was to be the greatest censor in the history of humanity. There's no human being who has censored more humans than him. That was his decision when it was a popular decision, whether it was COVID or popular.

Let me be clear. I'm happy you're challenging me on it. I base people on their actions. His action was to be the greatest censor in the history of humanity. There's no human being who has censored more humans than him. That was his decision when it was a popular decision, whether it was COVID or popular.

I disagree. His business would have been just as vibrant if he had a spine and he just said, this is what I believe. And I think he's over-optimizing based on what he thinks everybody else around him wants. And I don't know. I've never worked with him. I don't know him personally. You're right on that front. But he banned Trump for two years, the president of the United States.

I disagree. His business would have been just as vibrant if he had a spine and he just said, this is what I believe. And I think he's over-optimizing based on what he thinks everybody else around him wants. And I don't know. I've never worked with him. I don't know him personally. You're right on that front. But he banned Trump for two years, the president of the United States.

I said at the time, I don't know that you can give a permanent ban to the president of the United States. When he had the opportunity to reevaluate that decision, you know what he did? He punted. He created a third-party organization to make the decision for him and deflected. Zuck created the oversight board.