Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the F8 Facebook Developers conference on April 30, 2019 in San Jose, California.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said the social media company is going to stand for principles it believes in whether or not people like it.

"This is the new approach, and I think it's going to piss off a lot of people," said Zuckerberg, speaking at Silicon Slopes Tech Summit 2020 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

"But frankly the old approach was pissing off a lot of people too, so let's try something different."

Specifically, Zuckerberg said Facebook is going to support free speech and enable strong encryption on its services.