Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook Is “The New Church”

Mark Zuckerberg is losing it. This should trouble all of us because Mark Zuckerberg has immense power.

Zuckerberg is a nut. A monomaniacal nut. He says Facebook is the “new church.” And how does he see himself? As Jesus Christ?

Or maybe Mao? He controls the flow of information. he controls what you do and don’t see on Facebook. My Facebook page has a million followers add my organizations to that and it is roughly 1.5 million people. Facebook has blocked my content. All of my FB followers experience similar issues with their posts and shares. I receive scores of emails everyday from readers telling me of new blocks, bans and Facebook jail, sentences. It’s why I am suing.

The US government used anti-trust laws to break up They ought to break up Facebook. Section 2 of the Sherman Act highlights particular results deemed anticompetitive by nature and prohibits actions that “shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations.” Couldn’t the same be applied to information?

I am no lawyer but considering President Theodore Roosevelt sued 45 companies under the Sherman Act, while William Howard Taft sued 75. The US government used these vicious anti-capitalist laws to destroy huge industrial giants – could it not be used in defense of free speech?

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is ‘the new church’

By Felix Allen, The Sun, June 29, 2017:

Mark Zuckerberg has claimed Facebook is “the new church” and the social network can take on the role that religion once did in giving people a sense of community.

The billionaire boss said groups on Facebook could give people a sense they are part of “something bigger than ourselves” akin to a religious congregation.

Facebook passed 2 billion users this week — meaning almost one in three of the global population are signed up.

And its founder said people could find “purpose and support” online that previous generations found by going to church.

Zuckerberg has recently been pushing the idea of communities as Facebook’s new mission and last week said it would be the company’s focus from now on.

In a speech in Chicago, he said only 100 million Facebook users are part of what he called a “meaningful community.”

This meant they were part of a group on Facebook that involved regular interactions with other people.

Zuckerberg said he wanted the 100 million figure to rise to 1 billion.

He said: “If we can do this, it will not only turn around the whole decline in community membership we’ve seen for decades, it will start to strengthen our social fabric and bring the world closer together.”

“As I’ve traveled around and learned about different places, one theme is clear: Every great community has great leaders. Think about it. A church doesn’t just come together. It has a pastor who cares for the well-being of their congregation, makes sure they have food and shelter.”

“Leaders set the culture, inspire us, give us a safety net, and look out for us.”

Zuckerberg has denied he has ambitions to run for president, but he recently went on a week-long listening tour of America that looked like a political campaign.

In a recent interview with CNN, he said connecting people is not enough and that Facebook has a responsibility to manage its communities.