Mark Zuckerberg: belief

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…Speaking of politics, there's been this perception that some tech leaders have been aligning with Trump. You and others donated to his inaugural event and were on stage with him and I think you settled a lawsuit that resulted in them getting $25 million. I wonder what's going on here? Does it feel like the cost of doing business with an administration? What's the best way to think about this? My view on this is that he's the President of the United States. Our default, as an American company, should be to try to have a productive relationship with whoever is running the government. We've tried to offer support to previous administrations as well. I've been pretty public with some of my frustrations with the previous administration, how they basically did not engage with us or the business community more broadly. Frankly, that’s going to be necessary to make progress on some of these things. We're not going to be able to build the level of energy that we need if you don't have a dialogue, and if they're not prioritizing trying to do those things. A lot of people want to write this story about what direction people are going. We're trying to build great stuff, and we want to have a productive relationship with people. That's how I see it. It is also how I would guess most others see it, but obviously, I can't speak for them. You've spoken out about how you've rethought some of the ways in which you engage and defer to the government, in terms of moderation stuff in the past. How are you thinking about AI governance? Because if AI is as powerful as we think it might be, the government will want to get involved. What is the most productive approach to take there, and what should the government be thinking about?…

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