Mark Zuckerberg is not the White House but he scatters many hints – RTL.fr

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Mark Zuckerberg meets with police officers in Dalals

by Benjamin Hue published the 26/01/2017 at 09:30

No, Mark Zuckerberg is not the presidency of the United States of America. While the speculation about his political ambitions made good progress in recent times, the boss of Facebook has cut short the rumours by answering simply “No” when a reporter for BuzzFeed News asked him if he imagined a future in the White House. The billionaire has simply stated that it focused rather on the construction of its community on Facebook and work for his foundation.

in recent months, Mark Zuckerberg has yet planted many clues portending an entry in the arena. It all began in April 2016, where a document transmitted to the financial authorities in the u.s. to change the rules of governance Facebook has formalized the possibility that it can embrace a destiny government, without losing the hand on his business if he leaves his post in two years.

A resolution 2017 very policy

The rumour mill has taken of the thickness of the favour of his astounding resolution for the year 2017. After the design of artificial intelligence in the past year or learning mandarin in 2014, the boss of the social network the most used of the planet has promised this year to visit every State of the United States to meet a maximum number of Americans. Wishes in the very policies that take the pulse of the country and to publish regularly on its page Facebook of pictures recalling those of a présidentiable in the countryside on the field.

For Wired magazine, it doesn’t make a fold : “Mark Zuckerberg behaves like someone who could run in the presidential election”. “He needs something bigger, which would give him more influence on the world,” says a reporter from Vanity Fair, citing relatives of the entrepreneur. The suspicions of the american press have been strengthened in the beginning of the year by the recruitment to the Chang Zuckerberg Initiative of the former manager of campaign of Barack Obama in 2008 and by faith, suddenly found the boss of Facebook, is essential to any political destiny in a country where the President swears an oath on the Bible.

Difficult to outline a program

On the field of ideas, and the signals are more rare. Mark Zuckerberg is already on equal terms with heads of State in the framework of its activities. It will regularly exchange with the public authorities on the issues of terrorism and the manipulation of public opinion, striving to meet their demands while maintaining the interests of his company. But it quickly out of his usual reserve to take a position in the public debate. With a few exceptions, such as to support the LGBT cause in the face of the Court Suprpême, the muslim community in the face of Donald Trump and, more generally, a reform of the immigration policy, which would also make the business of Facebook.

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