Read previewIn September 2021, Mark Zuckerberg threw his PR team into a crisis situation. The story said part of the strategy involved Zuckerberg posting more lighthearted content to help rehab his image, and cited a video he had posted of himself riding a hydrofoil while holding an American flag. In those messages, you can see how the PR team agonized over Zuckerberg's desire to post a zinger about the misidentified hydrofoil. Nick Clegg, head of public policy at Meta, was also strongly against Mark posting something flippant about the hydrofoil. A warning label is a misguided idea, in my opinion, but it is a pesky public problem for Meta.

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Persons: —, Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Ryan Mac, Tucker Bounds, John Pinette, Pinette, I'm, Nick Clegg, Clegg, Meta Organizations: Service, New York Times, Business, Meta, The New York Times, Twitter, Facebook, US, MZ, Street Locations: New York, EU