Because of his two daughters ... Zuckerberg announces his attachment to religion recently
- Motasem Zaitoun

- Feb 3, 2020
- 1 min read
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and director of Facebook, announced that the social media giant will defend principles such as freedom of expression and coding, even if that means facing a backlash. He also attributed the change to his religiosity, which increased after he became the father of two daughters.
"This is the new approach for the company, I think it will enrage a lot of people. But frankly it does not matter, the old approach has angered many as well, so let's try something different," he said at the Silicon Technology Summit in Utah.
Zuckerberg, 34, added in a rare public debate about his Jewish faith that he has become more religious over the past few years by doing what he called "feelings of fatherhood" after he became the father of two girls and by "the challenges we faced as a company."
"I think a person feels comfortable when he knows that there are things greater than him ... That is why I have a great belief in democracy in general, and that is why I care so much about providing a platform for people to express themselves."
Zuckerberg added that the goal of his company was for a long time to avoid everything that would be "very humiliating", but now he will change this approach in the face of what he sees as excessive control.
"We are increasingly calling for censorship of many content that I am really uncomfortable with," he said, and acknowledged his company’s responsibility to clean up terrorism-related content programs, child exploitation and incitement to violence.
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