Mark Zuckerberg is done apologizing.
In September, the Meta CEO told the hosts of the “Acquired” podcast in front of a packed live audience at San Francisco’s Chase Center that he regrets taking responsibility in the past for issues out of his company’s control.
What might his vague comments refer to? Perhaps the Cambridge Analytica disaster of 2016 , which gave Donald Trump an influential advantage on the back of Facebook user data? Or was it the platform’s dangerous proliferation of misinformation at the height of COVID in 2020? Both of these events were brought to light by in-depth reporting that harmed Zuckerberg’s reputation and made all that apologizing necessary to get back into the public’s good graces .
Today, freshly rehabbed with a Roman haircut and a cultivated wardrobe, Zuckerberg is stirring up new issues: Meta has removed Trump’s social media account restrictions, and the Meta CEO says he’ll push back on any pressure to get his platforms to take down potentially disruptive content. But who’s going to make him say sorry now?