The backlash to Silicon Valley returns with a vengeance

The backlash to Silicon Valley returns with a vengeance

4 years ago
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https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/06/10/the-backlash-to-silicon-valley-returns-with-a-vengeance/

For a brief moment, it looked like Mark Zuckerberg might finally catch a break.

After a prolonged period of backlash dating to the 2016 presidential election, the pandemic offered the promise of a reprieve, if not an entirely fresh start for Facebook. On any given day, as the coronavirus spread, you might find Zuckerberg interviewing the top infectious disease expert in the United States, touting efforts from his non-profit organization to fund research into the virus and talking about Facebook’s long-standing mission to connect people, this time with new resonance as millions found themselves cut off from the world.