Mark Zuckerberg invited 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed, a student who was arrested for bringing a self-made alarm clock to school on Monday, to Facebook’s headquarters while praising his skill and ambition.
“You’ve probably seen the story about Ahmed, the 14-year-old student in Texas who built a clock and was arrested when he took it to school,” Zuckerberg wrote on his personal Facebook account. “Having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not arrest. The future belongs to people like Ahmed.ย Ahmed, if you ever want to come by Facebook, I’d love to meet you. Keep building.”