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Elon Musk disses Mark Zuckerberg
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  • Musk compared Mark Zuckerberg to a monarch.

  • The founder of Facebook owns a majority of the voting shares.

  • The CEO of the company said that he would avoid a similar stronghold if he owned it.

During an interview on Thursday, Musk said he didn't like Mark Zuckerberg's control over Meta.

During an interview at the TED conference, Musk was asked about his offer to buy the micro-blogging site. Chris Anderson asked Musk if his status as the richest man in the world and one of the platform's top influencers could pose a conflict of interest.

Musk appeared to compare the Facebook founder to King Louis XIV by taking a jab at him.

Musk said that Mark Zuckerberg will still be in charge of Facebook even though he has a share ownership structure.

Musk said that like literally, and the audience laughed.

Meta is the parent company of Facebook, and the CEO of the company was referring to it. The founder of Facebook has complete veto power over other shareholders when it comes to the company's future. The company has a dual-class stock structure that gives the company's founder, CEO, and select executive managers the ability to vote as many times as they want, but other shareholders are limited to one vote per share.

A Meta spokesman didn't respond to Insider's request for comment.

Musk still enjoys a lot of influence even though he doesn't have a dual-class share structure. Musk has a 17% stake in the electric carmaker. Musk has veto power over major changes at the company because of the supermajority voting rules that require the approval of two-thirds of shares.

Musk said he would structure the company in a way that would avoid any perception of a conflict of interest if he were to buy the company.

Musk said that he wouldn't personally be in their editing.

Musk said his offer to buy Twitter is not a way to make money, but to protect freedom of speech. The CEO appeared to dislike the moderation efforts of Meta. The social media company has faced pressure from both sides on its handling of COVID-19 misinformation. Musk seems to believe that the platform should allow the dissemination of information if it is legal in the countries it operates in.

Musk said that he doesn't have all the answers, but he thinks that we want to be very cautious with permanent bans. Timeouts are better than permanent bans.

There is a longstanding feud between Musk and Zuckerberg. In 2016 a public statement was issued by the CEO of Facebook saying he was deeply disappointed in the company after one of their rockets destroyed a satellite. Most recently, Musk criticized Facebook for how it handled the siege on the Capitol.

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