Facebook CEO Makes A Move In China

Facebook CEO is touring China with hopes of a comeback..

 If you are thinking in terms of mass appeal, this weekend turned out to be amazing for Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Mark Zuckerberg.

Mr. Zuckerberg made his way back to Beijing for another trip that got ample traction in China’s local headlines along with the online fraternity. He initially came up with a post that became extremely popular through Tiananmen Square. This was merely covering an important conversation with Mr. Jack Ma- the founder of Alibaba and a top notch entrepreneur. Other than that, he also met Mr. Liu Yunshan, the propaganda chief of China.

Back in time, when Mr. Zuckerberg paved his way to China, he enthralled the masses with his great language skills. The masses did not expect him to be that good with Chinese however he fascinated them with his skills. At instances, when he was not visiting China, he acknowledged the President of the country that he has named his daughter Max a Chinese name as well.

The recent tours have engraved his name in China as the most recognized business tycoon. However, it is still not clear if his personal will help him achieve his final goal. Mr. Zuckerberg strongly desires that the country lifts the ban from its social media platform so that he gets access to 100 million Chinese users.

Making ties better with Chinese executives in such an open way is rather unusual for an executive. It needs to be noted that with power comes a lot of influence and thus any blow that is not governed by the Chinese Communist Party can be dangerous. China did a similar thing last month when a popular account of a real state behemoth that was widely followed in the region disappeared after criticism. Mr. Xi is extremely loyal to the country’s media.

Several technology firms belonging to America is striving to enter China over the past couple of years. However, they have now minimized their efforts. The founder of the ride hailing service, Uber usually travels to China however; news regarding his arrival merely surfaces in the region. Moreover, news about the LinkedIn deal with the Chinese venture capitalist entering China also did not garner traction and the event was just celebrated via a blog post.

If the social media giants succeed then other international firms can also get blocked in China. This means that they will get more access to reign over the rapidly evolving industry. This industry will be extremely regulated and its discourse will be under vigilance so that the boat dos not sink. In case anything wrong happens that the Chinese officials will not trust the foreign technologies ever again whatsoever. The best way to sustain in the region is by having a low profile approach.

Ironically, Facebook needs to win one person’s heart and that is Mr. Liu who for four years has managed the control over the China’s extremely censored and state regulated media.

During the meeting, Mr. Liu appreciated the technology prowess of FB however; he still laid emphasis on the importance of the Internet governance and that even via “Chinese characteristics” to a local news media platform. The statement highlights that the company will continue to regulate Chinese media.

Facebook CEO Is Not Content With Employees

Facebook CEO is not happy with the way Black Lives Matter campaign has unfolded.

The Chief Executive Officer at Facebook Inc. Mr. Mark Zuckerberg has recently scolded its employees after several incidents took place in series in which the company raised the slogan “all lives matter” instead if “Black lives matter” on the walls of the company’s headquarter situated in Menlo Park.

The slogan “Black lives matter” does not really mean that other individuals belonging to other races don’t matter. However, Mr. Zuckerberg has a humble plea that all black individuals also get the same status. He also came up with another internal post that was crafted by Gizmodo.

A recent question and answer session took place at the company’s headquarter, where Mr. Zuckerberg expressed his sadness over the matter. On the other hand, during his address, he made sure to clearly communicate the message. As per him, behaving like this is not acceptable for the company since the employees continued to modify the messages.

Alicia Garza, an activist for the rights of the colored race, came up with a term that “black lives matter’ through a Facebook post. In this she responded to the acquittal case that took place in 2013of George Zimmerman. Mr. Zimmerman was responsible for the killing of teenaged, African American individuals known as Trayvon Martin.

The slogan has become a symbolic emblem for the resurgent civil rights movement that initiated in response to the police killing of black unarmed men, throughout the United States.

“All lives matter” initiated as a response to “black lives matter” which became viral and is considered to be a rebuttal against the movement.

Back in 2014, Garza stated, “Not just all lives. Black lives. Please do not change the conversation by talking about how your life matters, too. It does, but we need less watered down unity and a more active solidarities with us, Black people, unwaveringly, in defense of our humanity.”

Considering the course of the tech fraternity, the workforce at the social media giant is made up of males and white individuals mostly. The company has 5,500 employees on board among which only 81 are black as per the recent diversity report.

Back in July 2015, global director of diversity at Facebook, Maxine Williams mentioned that the diversity program taking place at the company has been successful achieving a substantial, modest and positive change.

Along with all the initiatives that are in operation at Facebook, the company has set a condition that it is important for them whilst hiring managers to consider having at least one individual from underrepresented group, to take over ant position within the company so that “an inclusive culture that can truly support diversity”, gets flourished.

A town hall meeting is scheduled for 4^th March, and Mr. Zuckerberg is motivating all employees at the company to participate. The idea is to acknowledge them about what the “Black Lives Matter” campaign seeks to achieve.

So far, Facebook has refused to comment over the incident.