The CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, is “very interested in playing an active role” in the technology policies of US President-elect Donald Trump, Nick Clegg, president of global affairs at Meta, told the press in recent hours.
Zuckerberg had dinner last week with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago property (Palm Beach, Florida) and, although Clegg claimed not to be able to provide information about the conversations the magnates had, he did indicate that the CEO of Meta was “ grateful” for the invitation and that it is “an important moment for the future of American innovation.”
“Mark is very interested in playing an active role in the discussions that any administration needs about maintaining US leadership in the technological sphere, which, of course, is tremendously important given all the geostrategic uncertainties in the world and particularly the role fundamental that artificial intelligence (AI) will play in that scenario,” said Clegg in a conversation with a media group.
Zuckerberg has invested heavily in creating Meta’s own AI and could be negatively affected by the union between Trump and Elon Musk, owner of the social network X.
Musk, the richest person in the world today, became one of the Republican’s key advisors after dedicating millions of dollars to his re-election campaign.
Trump has also previously said he would not ban TikTok, another major competitor to Meta networks, upon his return to the White House.
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Clegg also told reporters that “errors in content moderation remain too high” and pledged to “improve precision and accuracy.”
“Too often, harmless content is removed or restricted, and too many people are unfairly penalized,” he noted.
Meta admitted this year that it implemented overly demanding content moderation filters during the pandemic.
In August, Zuckerberg wrote a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan accusing Democrat Joe Biden’s administration of pressuring Meta to censor posts about Covid-19 during the pandemic.
With information from EFE.
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