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Frerichs: Zuckerberg Won't Censor Again, Goldman Won't Return to Quotas

Anson Frerichs · Ex-Bud Light President: The Truth Behind the Brand’s Collapse · Joe Lonsdale · Feb 21, 2025 · at 42:23

Anson Frerichs predicts corporate leadership decisions around content moderation and diversity quotas following recent cultural shifts.

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“I actually think folks like Mark Zuckerberg, he's not going to censor speech again. I don't think that you're going to have Goldman going back to some of the quota systems that they were implementing.”

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