Facebook VP David Fischer explicitly downplayed the social network's role in Middle Eastern revolutions to an Israeli conference which included a tech industry who's-who.
One of Facebook's highest-ranking international executives told a dignitary-packed Israeli conference that the website played a minimal role in the Arab Spring.
While addressing the Israeli Presidential Conference in Jerusalem yesterday, Facebook Vice President for Advertising and Global Operations David Fischer commented on the revolutions in the Arab world. According to Israeli business newspaper Globes, Fischer stated:
"The social network gives people a way to express themselves and have their voice heard by governments and dictators--this was not so before […] When you see what is happening, you understand why changes are happening within the social media. However, I think Facebook gets too much credit for these things. In the end, the people who make the revolution are the brave ones here.
Fischer is the son of Stanley Fischer,...
One of Facebook's highest-ranking international executives told a dignitary-packed Israeli conference that the website played a minimal role in the Arab Spring.
While addressing the Israeli Presidential Conference in Jerusalem yesterday, Facebook Vice President for Advertising and Global Operations David Fischer commented on the revolutions in the Arab world. According to Israeli business newspaper Globes, Fischer stated:
"The social network gives people a way to express themselves and have their voice heard by governments and dictators--this was not so before […] When you see what is happening, you understand why changes are happening within the social media. However, I think Facebook gets too much credit for these things. In the end, the people who make the revolution are the brave ones here.
Fischer is the son of Stanley Fischer,...
- 6/24/2011
- by Neal Ungerleider
- Fast Company
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