In a leaked record .. Zuckerberg to his staff: If the US government threatened the existence of Facebook, we will fight it

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told his employees in July that he expects the company to face efforts to dismantle it if Democrat Elizabeth Warren is elected president of the United States, according to leaks of two internal company meetings published by The Verge.

Asked about the issue of breaking up Facebook at the meeting, Zuckerberg said: "You have someone like Elizabeth Warren who thinks the solution is to dismantle companies. If she is elected president, I bet we will face a legal challenge, and I bet we will win the challenge by law. Is that bad for us?" "Yes, I mean, I don't want to sue our government. But look, at the end of the day, if someone tries to threaten you, you have to go to the ring and fight."

Zuckerberg added that he believes that dismantling these companies - whether Facebook, Google or Amazon - will not really solve the problems. "As you know, this will not prevent the interference in the elections, but makes it more likely, because companies now can not coordinate and work together."

Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren replied in a tweet that `` what would be really bad is not to reform a corrupt system that allows giants like Facebook to engage in illegal and uncompetitive practices, waive consumer privacy rights, and repeatedly revoke their responsibility to protect our democracy. ''

In the recording, Zuckerberg spoke of his recent refusal to testify before a US Senate committee in July, and why he often skipped public testimony. "I won't go to every hearing around the world. A lot of people want to do that. Last year, issues surfaced about Cambridge Analytica, I attended hearings in the United States and in the European Union. "It makes no sense to go to hearings in every country that wants to listen to me."

The FTC currently has an open antitrust investigation against Facebook, and a group of New York state prosecutors are leading the investigation.

Facebook is under fire for not doing more to prevent Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election.

Zuckerberg visited Capitol Hill last month and met President Donald Trump for the first time since April 2018 when he testified before Congress.

Facebook President's recordings, obtained by The Verge, show Zuckerberg's vision and thinking on a wide range of topics, much different from what the CEO has shown in public.

Mark Zuckerberg posted a Facebook post with a link to The Verge in her report.He said that every week he conducts a Q&A meeting on Facebook, where employees ask him anything and publicly share what he thinks about all kinds of projects and issues.

The text had been published from a Q&A meeting only a few months ago, although it was meant to be internal rather than public.

He said he could see an "unedited version" of what he was thinking and telling employees on a range of issues such as social responsibility, dismantling technology companies, and doing the right thing in the long run.