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Recode Daily: Mark Zuckerberg wants his social network to be a social force

An ambitious mission to make the world a better place.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a suit and tie, speaking at a hearing.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a suit and tie, speaking at a hearing.
Mark Zuckerberg

In a 6,000-word mission statement, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out an idealistic vision of an interconnected global community and Facebook’s role in promoting civility and civic engagement and fighting fake news and terrorism. — [Kara Swisher and Kurt Wagner / Recode]

In a contentious news conference, President Trump unloaded his grievances against the media, the courts and government leakers, dismissed reports of his associates’ Russia contacts and declared his month-old administration “a fine-tuned machine.” He also plans to sign a revised travel ban next week. Watch here. — [Peter Baker / New York Times]

Also railing against the media was video star Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg, whose anti-Semitic “jokes” cost him deals with Disney and YouTube. The NYT’s John Hermann sees the political context — Kjellberg as a populist reactionary in an internet nation-state. — [Rolfe Winkler, Jack Nicas and Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal]

Samsung Group chief Lee Jae-yong was arrested on bribery, embezzlement and perjury charges related to an influence-peddling scandal that led to the impeachment of South Korean President Park Geun-hye. — [Hyunjoo Jin and Joyce Lee / Reuters]

On the latest episode of Too Embarrassed to Ask, Wall Street Journal columnist Joanna Stern says the latest batch of “unlimited” mobile data plans may make sense for “people who use a crapload of data,” but not for average users. — [Eric Johnson / Recode]

Top Stories From Recode

Now you can buy things from Costco, Whole Foods and other stores via Google Home

“Okay Google, order paper towels.”

A breakthrough in Alphabet’s balloon-based internet project means it might actually work

The Loon project says these advancements shorten their timeline for deployment.

CEO Evan Spiegel will likely be worth more than $4 billion once Snap IPOs

So who else is getting rich?

Here are three ways that immigrants make a tech company stronger

Individuals who immigrate often embody qualities that are highly sought after by employers — bravery and adaptability, for starters.

Verizon just acquired a drone company

The telecom giant announced last year that it would start providing data plans for drones, too.

President Trump asked his supporters (again) to support his campaign against the media

Questions include: “On which issues does the mainstream media do the worst job of representing Republicans?

Trump’s FCC chief wants it to be easier to listen to free FM radio on your smartphone

But he doesn’t think the government should mandate it.

This Is Cool

Play a duet with an AI pianist

This entertaining little experiment from Google listens to you play and uses machine learning to respond.


This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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