Mark Zuckerberg at Georgetown University. The 35-year-old billionaire’s live-streamed speech was a rare forum for the notoriously private tech founder. Both he and Facebook have typically relied on company blog posts and private meetings to tackle criticism. His speech at Georgetown was one of the first widely broadcast monologues from Zuckerberg on freedom of speech, echoing the framework of a political stump speech. Zuckerberg has held private, off-the-record dinners with several prominent conservative pundits and commentators in recent months to discuss free speech, according to a Politico report.

Source: Forbes October 17, 2019 20:22 UTC