Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg called “the most powerful idiot in the world”
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Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t just have friends. The creator of Facebook has been called “the most powerful idiot in the world” by Roger Waters, founder of the group “Pink Floyd”.
It’s not good to represent Facebook lately. Its creator Mark Zuckerberg is often the privileged target of criticism from organizations, governments and even public figures. This is the case of Roger Waters, the founder of the British rock group Pink Floyd. The latter did not appreciate a request from Instagram wishing to use one of their famous songs Another brick in the wall part II, for one of their advertisements.
Roger Waters criticizes Facebook for wanting to take over everything
In a video posted on his Twitter account, the singer and bassist of Pink Floyd vehemently attacks the founder of the social network. The video came from an intervention by the star in support of the release of Julian Assange. For nearly 4 minutes, Roger Waters engages in a diatribe against the founder of Facebook and specifically Mark Zuckerberg. At the origin of his anger an email sent by Instagram the same morning asking him for permission to use one of his flagship songs for an advertisement. They would even have offered a huge sum of money to which he replies: ” fuck you, no fucking way“. No need to translate it.
Zuckerberg was a little prick when he was grading co-eds. Being very rich changes nothing, he’ll always be a little prick! pic.twitter.com/tt542qWkaZ
– Roger Waters (@rogerwaters) June 15, 2021
Giving free rein to his anger, the musician criticizes the social network for this desire to control everything. The use of such music could make the group more attractive and therefore more powerful. In hollow, resonates a redundant message about Facebook: the management of personal data. The European Union and regulatory bodies regularly pinpoint Mark Zuckerberg around this issue. So much so that the latter even had to go to a public hearing in order to justify his choices.
In opposition to this, Apple has integrated since iOS 14.5 an advertising tracker expressly asking you for your consent for the collection of data. A sensitive point of tension for the firm. For his part, Roger Waters established a simple observation according to him: “He’s the most powerful idiot in this world! “
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