Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t practice what he preaches in terms of public safety.
The tech mogul’s company has spent greater than $40 million on Zuckerberg’s personal security over the past three years – while his family’s foundation has donated tens of millions of dollars to groups looking for to defund and even dismantle the police.
In keeping with investigative reporter Lee Fang, as of 2020, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has donated $3 million to PolicyLink, the organization behind DefundPolice.org.
anti-cop The group boasts on its website that it funds efforts to “reduce the role of policing in communities and strengthen alternative visions of public safety”, even though it doesn’t list what these substitutes could be.
CZI, which Zuckerberg founded together with his wife Priscilla Chan, has also donated greater than $2.5 million to Solidaire, reported Fang, who’s looking for to dismantle the police.
Solidaire reported June 2022 review of his Defund the Police for Funders program that he proudly ran the “Counter Police Terror Project,” which he claims played a major role in stripping the Oakland Police Department of $18 million.
![Mark Zuckerberg has spent $43.4 million on his personal security as of 2020, although his philanthropic efforts show he takes a different stance when it comes to protecting the public.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/NYPICHPDPICT000013729008.jpg?w=1024)
The Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of 150 activist groups funded by Solidaire, said in a press release that “the police don’t keep us protected, prevent or stop crime.”
“Pouring extra money into the police system only threatens the lives they’re imagined to protect,” it added.
This idea apparently stops at the door of CZI.
The muse provides annual funding to a community group affiliated with the Redwood City Police Department, a neighborhood law enforcement agency that patrols each the Meta headquarters in Melo Park, California, and the CZI offices in Redwood City, California, Fang wrote on his Substack on Friday.
Representatives for Meta and CZI didn’t immediately reply to The Post’s request for comment.
Meanwhile, Meta increased its pre-tax spending on Zuckerberg’s security to $14 million in 2023, up from $10 million in the past few years, in line with company filings released in February.
Zuckerberg, who has decided to turn into a jiu-jitsu master, can use the money to pay for “additional staff, equipment, services, housing improvements” and other security needs.
The documents noted that such costly security was vital resulting from the 39-year-old’s “position and importance to the Meta” and the indisputable fact that he “requested to be paid only $1 a 12 months in salary and doesn’t receive any bonuses, equity awards or other incentives.”
In 2021, Meta reportedly contributed a complete of $27 million to a “general safety program” that kept Zuckerberg, Chan, and their three daughters protected.
A cool $10 million of that was an “annual pre-tax credit,” while the rest reportedly covered Zuckerberg’s secure, private air travel.
![Zuckerberg has reportedly donated at least $5.5 million to organizations advocating defunding or abolishing the police force through his personal foundation, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/NYPICHPDPICT000013730366.jpg?w=1024)
This would not be the first time Zuckerberg has shown hypocrisy in terms of protecting his family.
Earlier this week, the Meta boss caused outrage after posting a photograph on Instagram of him covering his two eldest daughters’ faces with emojis.
Zuckerberg, who touted the launch of his Threads app, a “Twitter killer,” was seen in a photograph wearing an American flag cowboy hat, standing next to Chan, who was holding their baby daughter, Aurelia.
![Zuckerberg was chided for posting a family photo covering his two eldest daughters' faces with emojis - a move to protect their privacy as Instagram was accused of monetizing user data, leading to personal information being made public.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/NYPICHPDPICT000013681340-1.png?w=1012)
While four-month-old Aurelia’s face shouldn’t be covered, her older sisters Maxima, 7, and August, 5, have their faces covered.
Instagram users have criticized Zuckerberg for insisting on his kid’s privacy, though his company has been accused of monetizing user data, leading to private information being made public.
“Even Zuck doesn’t trust his platforms to place their kids on display,” one Instagram user commented.
One other Instagram user wrote: “Take notes. The founding father of Meta doesn’t want his daughter’s face posted on social media.”