Peter Thiel Claims Zuckerberg Agreed To Push 'State-Sanctioned Conservatism' Under Trump Deal

ytene writes: Danika Fears over at The Daily Beast carries some pretty explosive reporting, describing how Peter Thiel -- of Palantir infamy -- claims in a new biography by Max Chafkin that Mark Zuckerberg agreed to push 'State-Sanctioned Conservatism' in return for the Trump administration steering clear of any 'heavy-handed regulations.' This could well be one of those situations where it doesn't matter if the core claim is true or false -- because either way this is going to get ugly. The claims were made in the book 'The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power.' Zuckerberg denied the existence of a deal, saying that was 'pretty ridiculous.'

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