RE: CONFIDENTIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Mark Zuckerberg to Facebook colleague, April 9, 2012

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From: Mark Zuckerberg
Sent: Monday, April 9, 2012 10:09 AM
To: Facebook colleague
Subject: RE: CONFIDENTIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Thanks. One reason people underestimate the importance of watching Google is that we can likely always just buy any competitive startups, but it'll be a while before we can buy Google.

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Reply to a colleague who answered the Instagram announcement with "Well played." The recipient's name is redacted in the public version.

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