Mark Zuckerberg
Role at the time: Facebook chief executive
Defended or excused
Statement summary
Zuckerberg expressed sympathy for Apple's position and opposed encryption backdoors.
“We are sympathetic with Apple”
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The original event report quotes Zuckerberg's sympathy for Apple and describes his rejection of backdoors alongside cooperation against terrorist attacks.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
The dispute concerns Apple's refusal to create software that bypassed the seized phone's protections. Zuckerberg supports Apple's position and rejects backdoors; ordinary counterterrorism cooperation does not reverse that stance.