- Reid Hoffman said that technological platforms embracing freedom of expression should not mean more disinformation.
- The founder of LinkedIn said on Monday that his platform “reflects my point of view on these things”.
- Hoffman said it was “extremely important” that technological leaders work with Trump’s administration.
While technological companies like Meta move away from the verification of the facts, the co -founder of LinkedIn, Reid Hoffman, does not want him to be at the expense of more disinformation.
At the top of the AI of the AI of Paris, Hoffman said that having a space for “civil dialogue” is “incredibly important” but should not mean more messages around subjects like “misinformation anti -anti -Vax “.
While Meta and X have loosened their content moderation policies – with Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk arguing that they can suffocate freedom of expression – Hoffman suggested his own platform, Linkedin, better “reflects my point of seen on these things “.
“I think it is important to reach the equivalent of the verification of the facts,” he said on Monday, adding: “We are innovating in this direction.”
“What I would like to see more of the technological industry is less a decline where freedom of expression could mean an anti-vacuum disinformation or other types of things, and more of a learning dialogue”, Hoffman said in response to a question about Zuckerberg changes in recent policy.
Hoffman’s position is in disagreement with some of the most powerful figures in the Silicon Valley, including the longtime ally Zuckerberg.
Although he defended the meta-PDG against criticisms for having attended the inauguration of Trump in 2025, Hoffman previously warned that social media companies have the obligation to comply with the standards of verification of the facts.
“Social networks should, in fact, assume some social responsibility,” said Hoffman at NPR last month.
Unlike Zuckerberg, Musk and other senior technology leaders, Hoffman was notably absent from the inauguration of Trump in 2025. Several billionaires were standing on stage, but Hoffman was not invited – a reflection, a- He said, of his political differences and his position of frank criticism of Trump’s policies.
“I assumed that it is partly that I am not a current CEO of a giant company, but the political difference with my colleagues founding of technology is difficult to neglect,” said Hoffman, who supported Kamala Harris, at NPR.
Despite Hoffman’s exclusion from Trump’s inauguration, when he was asked Paris AI Action Summit on the relationship between technological CEOs and Trump, he said he thought that “Trump administration, people Who understands technology “was a good thing, adding:” It is extremely important for all governments to be in dialogue with the technological industry.
He continued to compare AI to previous industrial revolutions, claiming that it will bring an “enormous increase in productivity” but also of challenges, namely the transition that goes into the way society fits, and therefore I think these organizations in dialogue with governments are great is great. “”
Hoffman said that technological companies “now, more than ever”, must be able to articulate their beliefs “about what society needs” and how they build their technology.
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