Mark Zuckerberg

They want us to take down this meme of Leonardo DiCaprio looking at a TV talking about how 10 years from now or something, you know, you're going to see an ad that says, OK, if you took a covid vaccine, you're eligible, you know, like for for this kind of payment, like sort of like.

class action lawsuit type meme and they're like no you have to take that down we said no we're not gonna we're not gonna take down humor and satire we're not gonna take down things that are that are true and then at some point um i guess uh i don't flipped a bit i mean biden when he was he gave some statement at some point i don't know if it's a press conference or to some journalists where he basically was like these guys are killing people and and um and

class action lawsuit type meme and they're like no you have to take that down we said no we're not gonna we're not gonna take down humor and satire we're not gonna take down things that are that are true and then at some point um i guess uh i don't flipped a bit i mean biden when he was he gave some statement at some point i don't know if it's a press conference or to some journalists where he basically was like these guys are killing people and and um and

class action lawsuit type meme and they're like no you have to take that down we said no we're not gonna we're not gonna take down humor and satire we're not gonna take down things that are that are true and then at some point um i guess uh i don't flipped a bit i mean biden when he was he gave some statement at some point i don't know if it's a press conference or to some journalists where he basically was like these guys are killing people and and um and

I don't know. Then, like, all these different agencies and branches of government basically just, like, started investigating and coming after our company. It was brutal. It was brutal.

I don't know. Then, like, all these different agencies and branches of government basically just, like, started investigating and coming after our company. It was brutal. It was brutal.

I don't know. Then, like, all these different agencies and branches of government basically just, like, started investigating and coming after our company. It was brutal. It was brutal.

Yeah. So, I mean, that's basically the journey that I've been on. Right. Started off very pro free speech, free expression. And then over the last 10 years, there have been these two big episodes. It was the Trump election and the aftermath where I feel like in retrospect, I deferred too much to the kind of critique of the media on what we should do.

Yeah. So, I mean, that's basically the journey that I've been on. Right. Started off very pro free speech, free expression. And then over the last 10 years, there have been these two big episodes. It was the Trump election and the aftermath where I feel like in retrospect, I deferred too much to the kind of critique of the media on what we should do.

Yeah. So, I mean, that's basically the journey that I've been on. Right. Started off very pro free speech, free expression. And then over the last 10 years, there have been these two big episodes. It was the Trump election and the aftermath where I feel like in retrospect, I deferred too much to the kind of critique of the media on what we should do.

And since then, I think generally trust in media has fallen off a cliff, right? So I don't think I'm alone in that journey. I think that's basically the experience that a lot of people have had is, okay, the stuff that's being written about is not kind of all accurate. And even if the facts are right, it's kind of written from a slant a lot of the time.

And since then, I think generally trust in media has fallen off a cliff, right? So I don't think I'm alone in that journey. I think that's basically the experience that a lot of people have had is, okay, the stuff that's being written about is not kind of all accurate. And even if the facts are right, it's kind of written from a slant a lot of the time.

And since then, I think generally trust in media has fallen off a cliff, right? So I don't think I'm alone in that journey. I think that's basically the experience that a lot of people have had is, okay, the stuff that's being written about is not kind of all accurate. And even if the facts are right, it's kind of written from a slant a lot of the time.

And then... And then there was the government version of it, which is during COVID, which is okay. It's like our government is telling us that we need to censor true things. It's like, this is a disaster. And it's not just the U.S., right? I think a lot of people in the U.S., focus on this as an American phenomenon.

And then... And then there was the government version of it, which is during COVID, which is okay. It's like our government is telling us that we need to censor true things. It's like, this is a disaster. And it's not just the U.S., right? I think a lot of people in the U.S., focus on this as an American phenomenon.

And then... And then there was the government version of it, which is during COVID, which is okay. It's like our government is telling us that we need to censor true things. It's like, this is a disaster. And it's not just the U.S., right? I think a lot of people in the U.S., focus on this as an American phenomenon.

But I kind of think that the reaction to COVID probably caused a breakdown in trust in a lot of governments around the world. Because, I mean, 2024 was a big election year around the world. And, you know, there are all these countries, India, just like a ton of countries that had elections. And the incumbents basically lost every single one.

But I kind of think that the reaction to COVID probably caused a breakdown in trust in a lot of governments around the world. Because, I mean, 2024 was a big election year around the world. And, you know, there are all these countries, India, just like a ton of countries that had elections. And the incumbents basically lost every single one.

But I kind of think that the reaction to COVID probably caused a breakdown in trust in a lot of governments around the world. Because, I mean, 2024 was a big election year around the world. And, you know, there are all these countries, India, just like a ton of countries that had elections. And the incumbents basically lost every single one.

So there is some sort of a global phenomenon where the – whether it was because of inflation, because of the economic policies to deal with COVID or just how the government's dealt with COVID – seems to have had this effect that's global, not just the U.S., but like a very broad decrease in trust, at least in that set of incumbents and maybe in sort of these democratic institutions overall.