On the latest episode of PivotPodcast, karaswisher and profgalloway discuss why Mark Zuckerberg’s focus on the First Amendment is disingenuous
The Constitution is not the issue here, Mark. Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s refusal to censor President Trump’s calls for violence on the social-media platform has led to a small-scale revolt within the company, where employees held a virtual walkout earlier this week. But Zuckerberg isn’t bending, preferring to wrap himself in the concept of free speech rather than directly addressing Trump’s language.
Scott Galloway: Yeah, I think you almost got it right. I don’t think he’s the world’s most expensive customer-service agent. He’s arguably the least expensive whore in the world. Anyone with a credit card who will spend $2 or $3, Mark Zuckerberg will do something. He will do anything as long as there’s a nickel at the end of it.Galloway: One hundred percent. Every action, every decision he has ever made, points to one place: How do I get the stock up? And that’s why investors love him.
One of the things that I found interesting was that it degenerates into a free-speech argument, when it’s really about, “What do we amplify?” I think Jay Rosen said that. I thought it was pretty smart. Galloway: One hundred percent. I do think there’s a business lesson here, or a brand-strategy lesson here. I try to taxonomize business concepts in the news, because I think there’s a lot to be learned here and I realize it’s maybe cheapening what’s going on. But in terms of big tech, one of the things I try and encourage my kids to do is to understand the concept of laddering. And that is saying, “How do you de-position the competition by saying, ‘We’re this. They’re this.
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