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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (at the presentation of the new company name Meta in October)
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Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla have added another 44 acres to their Hawaii property.
According to a report in the Guardian, the couple paid $ 17 million for the property on the island of Kauai.
The site includes the Ka Loko reservoir, a centuries-old reservoir whose dam broke in 2006 and released 400 million liters of water.
Seven people died in the accident.
Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan are determined to do their part to meet legal requirements and promote the safety of the reservoir, said Ben LaBolt, a spokesman for the couple.
The two want to continue to cultivate the land, raise cattle and campaign for animal welfare.
For several years now, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been buying more and more land on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, exposing himself to massive criticism from the locals.
He first bought a huge piece of beachfront property in 2014 for around $ 100 million, and this spring he invested another $ 53 million in 600 acres of land with a beach and a cattle ranch.
Locals accuse Zuckerberg of "neocolonialism"
In 2016, Zuckerberg angered his neighbors when he had a stone wall built around his property blocking access to a public beach.
Even more sensation was caused by the fact that Zuckerberg wanted to try with a lawsuit to evict locals.
When he bought his property, Zuckerberg was unable to buy around a dozen numerous isolated plots totaling several hectares.
Because of the peculiarities of local property law, these remained in the possession of local families who, however, had no official title deeds.
Zuckerberg tried to counter this.
The residents of Kauai then started a petition against the Facebook founder and his wife, accusing him of "neocolonialism".
After the criticism, Zuckerberg dropped the lawsuit.
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