>> Dana: YOU’VE BEEN WATCHING
THE PRESS SECRETARY AND A
BRIEFING.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
BRIEFING.
YOU JUST HEARD THE WHITE HOUSE
TALKING ABOUT TWITTER
FACT-CHECKING PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND HIS TWEETS.
I TALKED TO FACEBOOK CEO ABOUT
THAT VERY ISSUE AS WELL AS THE
PRESIDENT’S THREAT TO SHUT DOWN
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND MUCH
MORE.
TAKE A LOOK.
TWITTER DECIDED FOR THE FIRST
TIME EVER TO FACT-CHECK ONE OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TWEETS.
THEY DECIDED TO DO IT ON A
MAIL-IN VOTING TWEET, AND I
WONDERED WHAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT
THAT DECISION BECAUSE THE LAST
TIME WE SPOKE, YOU HAD JUST
ANNOUNCED YOUR POLICY OF NOT
WEIGHING IN POLITICAL SPEECH,
AND I WONDERED IF YOU THOUGHT
TWITTER MAY HAVE MADE THE WRONG
DECISION HERE.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
WE HAVE A DIFFERENT POLICY THAN
TWITTER ON THIS.
I JUST BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT
FACEBOOK SHOULDN’T BE THE
ARBITER OF TRUTH IN EVERYTHING
THAT PEOPLE SAY ONLINE.
I THINK IN GENERAL, PRIVATE
COMPANIES PROBABLY SHOULDN’T BE
OR ESPECIALLY THESE PLATFORM
COMPANIES SHOULDN’T BE IN THE
POSITION OF DOING THAT.
AND WE’VE BEEN PRETTY CLEAR ON
OUR POLICY THAT WE THINK THAT IT
WOULDN’T BE RIGHT FOR US TO DO
FACT CHECKS FOR POLITICIANS AND
THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO
HEAR WHAT POLITICIANS SAY.
THERE IS PLENTY OF SCRUTINY
ALREADY ABOUT POLITICIANS SPEECH
AND THAT’S WHAT A LOT OF THE
MEDIA DOES.
SO THAT HANDLES THAT QUITE WELL
RATED AND I THINK OVERALL, IT
IS GOOD FOR DIFFERENT COMPANIES
HAVE DIFFERENT POLICIES ON THIS
STUFF, BUT I FACEBOOK, WE HAVE
TRIED TO DISTINGUISH OURSELVES
AS BEING REALLY STRONG IN FAVOR
OF GIVING PEOPLE A VOICE AND
FREE EXPRESSION AND I CERTAINLY
THINK OUR POLICY IS SOME OF THE
OTHER TECH COMPANIES IN TERMS OF
BEING EXPRESSIVE AND GIVING
PEOPLE A VOICE.
>> Dana: THE PRESIDENT HAS
BEEN CONTINUING TO TWEET ABOUT
AN INTERN FOR JOE SCARBOROUGH
NOW AT MSNBC SAYING SHE PASSED
AWAY, THE CORONER’S OFFICE SAID
IT WAS BECAUSE SHE HAD A HEART
CONDITION.
THE WIDOWER HAS ASKED TWITTER TO
DELETE THE TWEETS, BUT THE
TWEETS HAVE BEEN CROSS PROMOTED
ON FACEBOOK, DO YOU THINK THAT
GOES TO YOUR POLITICAL SPEECH
POLICY AS WELL OR WOULD THAT BE
A DIFFERENT SCENARIO FOR YOU?
>> LET ME JUST BE CLEAR ABOUT
WHAT OUR RULES ARE.
I DON’T THINK IT’S APPROPRIATE
FOR FACEBOOK TO DO
FACT-CHECKING, BUT WE DO HAVE
CLEAR POLICIES AND IF ANYONE
VIOLATES THEM WHETHER YOU ARE A
HIGH-RANKING GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL
LIKE THE PRESIDENT OR ANYONE ON
OUR PLATFORM, WE DO HAVE TO TAKE
ACTION.
PEOPLE ARE DOING THINGS LIKE
PROMOTING VIOLENCE OR SAYING
THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO CAUSE
PHYSICAL HARM.
WE OPERATE AROUND THE WORLD, BUT
THE U.S. HAS THE STRONGEST
TRADITION ON FREEDOM OF
EXPRESSION, BUT EVEN THE FIRST
AMENDMENT IS THE JURISPRUDENCE
ON THIS IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT FOR
EXAMPLE, YOU CAN’T YELL FIRE IN
A CROWDED THEATER.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT IT
PUTS OTHER PEOPLE IN IMMINENT
RISK OF PHYSICAL HARM.
SO WHETHER THAT IS SAYING
SOMETHING THAT’S ENCOURAGING
VIOLENCE OR SAYING SOMETHING
THAT MAY BE SOMETHING AS A CURE
FOR A DISEASE AS WE’VE SEEN WITH
COVID, CASES LIKE THAT, JUST
BASICALLY THINGS LIKE THAT, WE
WILL ENFORCE NO MATTER WHO YOU
ARE ON THE PLATFORM.
BUT I DON’T THINK THAT THOSE
POLICIES WERE VIOLATED IN THIS
CASE FROM WHAT I CAN TELL.
>> Dana: THE PRESIDENT ALSO
AFTER TWITTER DID THIS WAS VERY
FRUSTRATED BUT LUMPED ALL
SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES TOGETHER
AND SAID IS CONSIDERING
CENSORING THEM BECAUSE OF
CONSERVATIVES BEING CENSORED ON
TWITTER OR FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM
OR WHATEVER ELSE, BUT HE SAYS
HE’S THINKING ABOUT REGULATIONS
OR PERHAPS SHUTTING DOWN
SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.
WHAT’S YOUR REACTION TO THAT?
>> I’D HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
HE ACTUALLY WOULD INTEND TO DO.
BUT IN GENERAL, I THINK A
GOVERNMENT CHOOSING TO CENSOR A
PLATFORM BECAUSE THEY ARE
WORRIED ABOUT CENSORSHIP DOESN’T
EXACTLY STRIKE ME AS THE RIGHT
REFLEX THEY ARE.
IN GENERAL, THE PLATFORMS IN
GENERAL I THINK HAVE THIS
DIFFICULT BALANCE OF WE TRY VERY
HARD TO GIVE PEOPLE A VOICE, AND
WE GET A LOT OF CRITICISM FROM
SOME PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT WE
CENSOR TOO MUCH WHEN IT COMES TO
TAKING DOWN SPEECH THAT WE THINK
COULD LEAD TO HARM.
BUT THEN ON THE OTHER HAND, WE
JUST ALL DAY LONG GET A LOT OF
FEEDBACK AND CRITIQUE FROM FOLKS
WHO BASICALLY THINK THAT WE
LEAVE TOO MUCH CONTENT UP AND
THAT WE ARE NOT BEING -- NOT
TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT OUR
RESPONSIBILITY ON THAT SIDE
WOULD BE THE CONCERN, AND PEOPLE
THINK THAT WE ARE SOMEHOW DOING
THIS BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW, WE
JUST DON’T CARE ABOUT THE IMPACT
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT’S
JUST WRONG.
THE REALITY IS WE TRY TO BE VERY
PRINCIPLED.
WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT GIVING
PEOPLE A VOICE AND EMPOWERING
INDIVIDUALS.
AND THAT IS A BIG PART OF WHY I
STARTED THE COMPANY.
I DON’T THINK THE INDIVIDUALS
HAVING A VOICE IS A GOOD THING.
TRYING TO BE PRINCIPLED AND
NUANCED ABOUT THE POLICIES HERE
AND IN GENERAL, GIVING PEOPLE
THE ABILITY TO SAY WHAT THEY
WANT AS POSSIBLE AND CARVING OUT
VERY SPECIFIC NUANCES WHERE REAL
HARM CAN BE DONE.
IT IS CREATING VIOLENCE, IF IT
IS PUTTING PEOPLE AT RISK FOR
ANOTHER CAUSE, MISLEADING PEOPLE
ABOUT HOW THEY CAN VOTE BECAUSE
IF YOU TELL THEM HOW YOU VOTE
FOR WHEN YOU VOTE IS DIFFERENT
FROM WHEN IT ACTUALLY IS, WE
HAVE SPECIFIC POLICIES ON THOSE
THINGS BUT BROADLY SPEAKING,
THAT IS CERTAINLY WHAT I BELIEVE
IN.
>> Dana: NO DOUBT YOU WERE
GETTING ATTACKED FROM BOTH
SIDES, REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS, WASHINGTON, D.C.,
THAT HAS GOT ITS EYES ON BIG
TECH EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL
OF THIS CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
WHERE BIG TECH HAS STEPPED UP IN
A LOT OF WAYS, THEY WERE STILL
THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ANTITRUST
CASE BROUGHT BY THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT AGAINST BIG TECH
COMPANIES, ALSO A WHISTLE-BLOWER
FROM FACEBOOK THAT WENT TO THE
SEC THAT SAID FACEBOOK IS AWARE
OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITY ON ITS
PLATFORM SUCH AS THE SALE OF
OPIOIDS, AND SO YOU ARE TAKING A
LOT ON WHEN IT COMES TO
WASHINGTON, D.C., HOW DO YOU
PLAN TO DEAL WITH THAT MEDICALLY
OR IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ELECTION
YEAR AND THINGS ARE GETTING
PRETTY HOT.
>> THE REALITY IS A LOT OF
PEOPLE USE OUR SERVICES ALL
AROUND THE WORLD, AND WITH THAT
COMES A LOT OF GOOD.
PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO STAY
COLLECTED.
IN FEARING A TIME LIKE WE’VE HAD
OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS WHEN
THERE’S A CRISIS WHERE IT CAN’T
PHYSICALLY BE WITH PEOPLE IN
PERSON, STUFF THAT REALLY
MATTERS AND SOMETIMES TODAY MORE
THAN EVER, THAT’S POSITIVE.
BUT THERE’S NO DOUBT THAT PEOPLE
ALSO SOMETIMES TRY TO USE THESE
TOOLS FOR BAD THINGS AND WE HAVE
A RESPONSIBILITY TO TRY TO
ADDRESS THOSE AND PART OF HAVING
GOOD GOVERNANCE AROUND THE WORLD
IS THAT GOVERNMENTS ALSO NEED TO
SET UP LAWS IN WAYS TO HOLD US
ACCOUNTABLE IF WE AREN’T MEETING
WHAT WE NEED TO DO ON THOSE
THINGS.
SO I THINK THE REALITY IS A
PLATFORM AND A COMPANY THAT IS
DOING WHAT WE ARE DOING, WE ARE
GOING TO FACE SCRUTINY, AND I
THINK THAT IS NORMAL, AND I
ACTUALLY GENERALLY THINK IT’S
HEALTHY.
MAKES US DO A BETTER JOB AND
HOLDS US TO A HIGH STANDARD.
>> Dana: THE SECRETARY OF
STATE HAS JUST DECLARED THAT
HONG KONG IS NO LONGER
AUTONOMOUS, THAT CHINA HAS MADE
ITS MOVE THERE, AND THIS IS SO
INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE I KNOW
FACEBOOK HAS BEEN BLOCKED IN
CHINA, DO YOU HAVE A STRATEGY TO
TRY TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF
HONG KONG CONTINUING TO USE
FACEBOOK AND COMMUNICATE WITH
EACH OTHER THAT WAY?
>> LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, WE WILL
HAVE TO SEE HOW THIS EVOLVES
OVER TIME, BUT YOU ARE RIGHT AND
WHAT YOU SAID.
WE BASICALLY OPERATE EVERYWHERE
IN THE WORLD EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE
OF COUNTRIES.
CHINA AND NORTH KOREA AND MAY BE
A COUPLE OF OTHER SMALL ONES
THAT HAVE PRETTY OPPRESSIVE
POLICIES, BUT THE REALITY HERE
LIKE YOU’RE SAYING IS CHINA HAS
JUST APPROACHED THE INTERNET
VERY DIFFERENTLY FROM THE U.S.
AND EVEN EUROPE AND MOST OTHER
PLACES, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT
VALUES, AND THAT HAS LED TO AN
INTERNET FRAMEWORK THAT JUST
RISES DIFFERENT THINGS, AND
THAT’S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT IT IS
CERTAINLY ONE THE REASONS WHY WE
ARE NOT IN CHINA TODAY.
WE DON’T OFFER OUR CONSUMER
SERVICES THERE.
WE WERE JUST NEVER ABLE TO COME
TO AN AGREEMENT ON WHAT IT WOULD
TAKE TO OPERATE THERE.
SO I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
TO WATCH THE SITUATION CLOSELY.
RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE ACROSS
HONG KONG REALLY LOVE OUR
SERVICES.
THEY USE WHATSAPP BECAUSE IT IS
ENCRYPTED AND THEY KNOW IT’S
GOING TO BE SECURE SO THEY CAN
MESSAGE EACH OTHER SAFELY
WITHOUT BEING WATCHED.
PEOPLE USE FACEBOOK IN ORDER TO
STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE FRIENDS
AND FAMILY AROUND THE WHOLE
WORLD.
I CERTAINLY BELIEVE WE WILL FIND
A WAY TO KEEP OFFERING THE
SERVICES OVER THE LONG-TERM.
>> Dana: YOU SAID YOU WERE
CONCERNED ABOUT CHINA’S APPROACH
TO THE INTERNET IS THAT
SOMETHING THE UNITED STATES
NEEDS TO BE WARY OF?
>> IT IS.
BUT FOR ALL THAT SAID ABOUT THE
CONFLICT BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES AND CHINA
IDEOLOGICALLY, AND A DIRECT
CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TWO
COUNTRIES, WHERE I SEE THIS
PLAYING OUT IS IN A LOT OF OTHER
COUNTRIES.
SO RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE A LOT OF
COUNTRIES THAT ARE BASICALLY
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT VALUES
AND WHAT KIND OF RULES THEY WANT
IN PLACE FOR THE INTERNET IN
THEIR COUNTRY.
AND I THINK RIGHT NOW, THERE’S A
REAL BATTLE OF IDEAS WHERE A LOT
OF COUNTRIES, MOST COUNTRIES
AROUND THE WORLD, AMERICAN
INTERNET COMPANIES INCLUDING US
ARE THE MAIN TOOLS THAT PEOPLE
USE TO COMMUNICATE.
AROUND THE WORLD, WHAT WE ARE
SEEING IS A LOT OF THESE
COUNTRIES ARE FIGURING OUT WHAT
WE WANT FOR THE INTERNET AND A
LOT OF THEM LOOK AT CHINA AND
SAY IT’S KIND OF NICE THAT IN
CHINA, THE GOVERNMENT GET SO
MUCH CONTROL OVER WHAT COMPANIES
DO AND KIND OF CAN SEE
EVERYTHING THAT CITIZENS ARE
DOING, MAYBE WE SHOULD ADOPT
RULES THAT ARE MORE LIKE THEM
AND FRANKLY, I GET VERY WORRIED
ABOUT THAT.
I HOPE THAT THE FIVE TO TEN
YEARS FROM NOW, THE RULES OF THE
INTERNET ARE CLOSER TO WHAT WE
ARE DOING IN THE U.S. AND
WESTERN DEMOCRACY THAN WHAT
CHINA IS PITCHING AT OTHER
COUNTRIES ADOPT AROUND THE
WORLD.
>> Dana: LET’S TALK MORE ABOUT
THE PANDEMIC, YOU MADE A PRETTY
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT WORKING
FROM HOME, AND I KNOW WHAT
COLLABORATION HAS BEEN A REALLY
BIG PART OF YOUR COMPANY AND THE
SUCCESS THEY ARE AN INNOVATION
AND PERHAPS LIKE THE ACCIDENTAL
MEETING IN THE HALLWAY WHERE YOU
COME UP WITH AN IDEA, YOU THINK
ABOUT THE FUTURE OF YOUR COMPANY
AND MANY OTHER CEOs AND
EXECUTIVES ARE TRYING TO FIGURE
THIS OUT AS WELL, DOES IT
CONCERN YOU THAT INNOVATION
COULD BE HAMPERED IF PEOPLE ARE
NOT IN THE SAME PLACE?
>> I CERTAINLY THINK THIS IS ONE
OF THE BIG OPEN QUESTIONS.
WHAT WE’VE SEEN SO FAR IS THAT
PEOPLE REPORT INDIVIDUAL
PRODUCTIVITY IN MOST CASES IS AS
GOOD AS WHEN THEY WERE IN THE
OFFICE OR IN SOME CASES EVEN
BETTER.
PEOPLE HAVE MORE TIME TO FOCUS,
THEY CAN EXECUTE LONGER-TERM
PROJECTS, DON’T GET INTERRUPTED
IS FREQUENTLY, THAT WOULD BE THE
PLUS SIDE.
THE RISKS ARE EXACTLY WHAT YOU
MENTION.
PEOPLE FEELING LIKE IT’S HARDER
TO CREATE NEW SOCIAL BONDS,
CREATE CULTURE, GET TOGETHER AND
WHITEBOARD SOMETHING AND WHETHER
IT’S VIDEOCONFERENCING OR CHAT
BOARD PRETTY TRANS ACTUAL, WANT
TO HOST A MEETING OR SEND A NOTE
TO SOMETHING THAT CAN DO THAT,
WE DON’T HAVE GREAT TOOLS YET
THAT ENABLE PEOPLE TO HANG OUT
TOGETHER AND SIMULATE HANGING
OUT AROUND THE WATER COOLER OR
AROUND THE WHITEBOARD AND
BRAINSTORM STUFF.
SO THAT SIX WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED
ON DOING IT FACEBOOK, INTERNAL
TOOLS FOR OWN COMPANY AND THAT
WERE OFFERED TO OTHER COMPANIES
THROUGH OUR WORKPLACE TOOLS
WHICH IS OUR ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE
APP THAT IS GROWING VERY
QUICKLY, 5 MILLION PAYING USERS.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING I EXPECT
FOR A LOT OF NEW COMPANIES
PROMOTE CREATIVITY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE WORKING
REMOTELY FOR SOME PERIOD OF
TIME.
SO WE DO HAVE TO FIGURE THIS OUT
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, BUT IT IS A
RISK.
IN >> Dana: WEALTHY PEOPLE
HAVE DONE FAIRLY WELL, A LOT OF
PEOPLE WORKING WHITE-COLLAR JOBS
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THEIR
JOBS AND WORK FROM HOME, BUT
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE IN TERMS OF A
COMMITMENT AT ALL TO HELP SMALL
BUSINESSES LIKE THE LITTLE GUY
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY’RE
GOING TO ACTUALLY SURVIVE IN
THIS PANDEMIC WHILE THIS COUNTRY
IS SO SLOW TO OPEN BACK UP?
>> WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF
SERVING SMALL BUSINESSES AND
REALLY CARE ABOUT THEIR HEALTH,
AND WHAT WE KNOW FROM A BIG
STUDY THAT WE DID ON THE STATE
OF SMALL BUSINESS IS THAT SMALL
BUSINESSES ARE REALLY STRUGGLING
RIGHT NOW.
AS PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE
BEING TOLD TO STAY HOME,
STOREFRONTS IN A LOT OF CASES
NOT BEING ABLE TO OPEN OR IF
THEY ARE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
WORRIED ABOUT COMING IN, SO WHAT
A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES ARE
DOING IS TURNING TO THE INTERNET
BECAUSE INTERNET TOOLS ARE OPEN
FOR BUSINESS EVEN WHEN THE
STOREFRONT CAN’T BE, AND WE
RECENTLY LAUNCHED JUST A COUPLE
OF WEEKS AGO THIS PRODUCT CALLED
FACEBOOK SHOPS WHICH IS -- WE
ARE VERY FOCUSED ON SERVING
SMALL BUSINESSES AND GIVING THEM
AN EASY WAY TO BASICALLY SET UP
AN ONLINE SHOP AND THEN HAVE IT
WORK IN INSTAGRAM PROFILE OVER
THE COMING MONTHS ATTACHED TO
MESSENGERS AS WELL, BUT THE IDEA
IS IF WE CAN HELP SMALL
BUSINESSES TO SELL THE GOODS
MORE ONLINE, THAT WOULD BOTH
CREATE A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR
PEOPLE DURING THIS PERIOD MET,
AND IT WOULD HOPEFULLY HELP A
LOT OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES STAY
AFLOAT.
>> Dana: I DO WANT TO ASK YOU
HOW CAN YOU HELP PARENTS THINK
ABOUT HOW THEY’RE GOING TO HELP
THEIR KIDS BE READY FOR ALL
THESE COURSES THAT WE WANT THEM
TO TAKE, BUT IF THERE LEARNING
FROM HOME AND THE PARENTS ARE
STILL COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED
WITH THE MATH AND SCIENCE AND
THE WAY IT IS TAUGHT TODAY, WHAT
IS THE FUTURE IN THAT REGARD?
>> SO THROUGH OUR FOUNDATION,
OUR PHILANTHROPY, WE HAVE DONE A
LOT OF WORK AROUND BOTH
EDUCATION AND HEALTH AND
FIGHTING DISEASES, AND A LOT OF
THAT STUFF IS REALLY COMING TO
FOCUS DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
AND ON THE EDUCATION SIDE, WE
HELPED BUILD A TOOL CALLED THE
SUMMIT LEARNING PLATFORM THAT IS
USED IN MORE THAN 400 SCHOOLS
AROUND THE COUNTRY, 80,000
STUDENTS USE IT, BUT I THINK ONE
OF THE BIG OPEN QUESTIONS THAT
WE ARE THINKING ABOUT IS HOW DO
YOU NOT ONLY DO THE EDUCATION OR
THE STEM PART LIKE YOU WERE
SAYING, BUT HOW DO YOU LOOK OUT
FOR THE STUDENTS EMOTIONAL AND
MENTAL WELL-BEING AND HOW DO YOU
MAKE SURE ONE OF THE MAIN THING
IS THAT TEACHERS PROVIDE.
THAT SCENARIO THAT WOULD NEED
MORE INNOVATION IS SOMETHING WE
ARE LOOKING INTO.
A LOT OF FOLKS ARE, BUT MAKING
SURE THAT PARENTS AND TEACHERS
AND STUDENTS HAVE THE TOOLS TO
CONTINUE THE MENTORSHIP AND
EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND
WELL-BEING I THINK IS REALLY
CRITICAL DURING THIS PERIOD.
>> Dana: AMERICA HAS BEEN
WATCHING AS SPACEX AND NASA GET
READY TO LAUNCH A ROCKET INTO
SPACE, THE FIRST TIME SINCE
2011, WE HAVE PRIVATE CITIZENS
THEY ARE, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO
BE COMING UP, PRETTY EXCITING OF
COURSE, AND I WONDER DO YOU
PERSONALLY HAVE ANY INTEREST IN
GOING UP?
>> I AM MUCH MORE FOCUSED MYSELF ON THINGS LIKE WOULDN’T LET
ON THINGS LIKE WOULDN’T LET
ANYONE TELEPORT IN THE WORLD.
AND BUT I HAVE TO SAY WHEN I SEE
STUFF LIKE WHAT SPACEX IS DOING,
IT JUST MAKES ME PROUD AS AN
AMERICAN AND AS A PERSON.
AMERICA LEADS THE WORLD IN
INNOVATION, THE INTERNET AND THE
WORK THAT WE ARE DOING IS
CERTAINLY ONE OF THOSE, MAKING
FELLOW PEOPLE PROUD.
AROUND THE WORLD AS WELL, I
THINK THAT IS A GREAT
ACHIEVEMENT AND I’M LOOKING
FORWARD TO SAYING IT.
>> Dana: DO YOU LIKE THE IDEA
OF A PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT
IN SOMETHING TO BE PURELY DONE
BY THE GOVERNMENT?
>> THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE GOOD.
IN IN THE U.S., YOU HAVE A
STRONG TRADITION OF FREE
ENTERPRISE, AND THAT
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT WE SEE
OVER AND OVER UNLOCKS INNOVATION
AND POSSIBILITY THAT PROBABLY
WOULDN’T HAPPEN IF THE
GOVERNMENT HAD A COMPLETE
MONOPOLY ON THE ABILITY TO
DEVELOP THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THERE ARE CLEARLY THING IS ONLY
THE GOVERNMENT CAN DO AND HAVING
PARTNERSHIPS LIKE THIS CAN BE
VERY POSITIVE, BUT I DO THINK
THAT ALL AMERICANS SHOULD BE
PROUD THAT WE LEAVE THE WORLD IN
INNOVATION, AND I THINK ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS
ON IS MAKING SURE THAT WE
MAINTAIN THAT EDGE AND THAT WE
CELEBRATE THESE ACHIEVEMENTS AND
CONTINUE THIS SYSTEM OF FREE
ENTERPRISE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
THAT ENABLES SOME GREAT THINGS
TO HAPPEN.
THAT’S ONE OF THE THINGS I AM
MOST PROUD OF.
>> Dana: I LIKE THE IDEA OF
BEING ABLE TO STAY HERE ON EARTH
AND TELEPORT TO SPACE ARE YOU
GUYS CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON