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(128,560 posts) Wed Sep 3, 2025, 12:48 PM Sep 3

Mark Zuckerberg hit with backlash after pulling into remote port in $300 million superyacht: 'He's thinking wrong' [View all]

Mark Zuckerberg's $300 million superyacht didn't get a warm welcome when it arrived in Longyearbyen, a remote town in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. As the Meta CEO explored Arctic waters aboard his massive vessel called Launchpad, accompanied by a $30 million support ship named Wingman, climate activists staged a protest, sounding alarms over the environmental cost of the billionaire's visit, the Hindustan Times reported.

Protesters marched through Longyearbyen with banners and whistles, calling out what they saw as a jarring example of climate hypocrisy in one of the most vulnerable ecosystems on the planet.

"If he thinks he can come to one of the most threatened and fragile places in the world with two yachts (while one of them emits 40 tons of CO2 per hour), without being criticized, he's thinking wrong," read a post from local activist group Arctic Climate Action Svalbard (@arcticclimateaction), as reported by NRK.

The message didn't stop at emissions. Protesters also criticized Zuckerberg for the broader harm caused by Meta's platforms.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mark-zuckerberg-hit-backlash-pulling-100000865.html

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Mark Zuckerberg hit with backlash after pulling into remote port in $300 million superyacht: 'He's thinking wrong' [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 3 OP

.....Zuckerberg's yachts have become symbols of a widening climate gap: ..... riversedge Sep 3 #1

I think the author popsdenver Sep 3 #3

CO2 is the greenhouse gas William Seger Sep 3 #6

I thought the author was referring to the popsdenver Sep 3 #16

It is the CO2 released that is used to derive impacts on global warming. erronis Sep 3 #7

I thought the author was referring to popsdenver Sep 3 #17

They are seen. BadgerMom Sep 3 #2

I am constantly mystified by how "brain dead" so many of these billionaires seem to be. They may not be as smart as Fil1957 Sep 3 #4

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. KS Toronado Sep 3 #5

For all his Billions.. Fuckerberg is Stupid. Cha Sep 3 #8

some of you folks are such nmeanies! getagrip_already Sep 3 #9

The $300 million yacht needs a support ship? WTF? Auggie Sep 3 #10

Zuckerberg is a piece of shit Mysterian Sep 3 #11

All of these oligarchs should be greeted this way wherever they roam. Martin68 Sep 3 #12

"emits 40 tons of CO2 per hour" JoseBalow Sep 3 #13

Thank you, Norwegian activists! Call out that entitled oligarch! Timeflyer Sep 3 #14

Can we replace a few Congress members with those Norwegians? maspaha Sep 3 #15