I think we're doing the right thing,” he told me, “It’s just that we should've done it sooner.” Seven years later, Zuckerberg no longer thinks more moderation is the right thing. In a five-minute Reel,
Republicans have heaped praise on Meta for eliminating its fact-checking program and scaling back its content restrictions ahead of President-elect Donald Trump ’s inauguration, touting the changes as a welcome step toward addressing their concerns over “censorship.”
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with President-elect Trump a day ahead of announcing the social media network will eliminate its fact-checking program to
“Mark met ... towards the GOP. “He wants to train – He actually wants to get in the cage and fight. He said, ‘I’d love for you to come down and spar if we can.’” Zuckerberg isn ...
Mark Zuckerberg's moves follow efforts to align with Trump ... A reminder of that timeline: In July, Zuckerberg praised Trump as a "badass" after the GOP leader survived an assassination attempt. In August, Zuckerberg sent Republican Rep.
The Meta mogul is making moves that could curry favor with the president-elect, ending its DEI program, bashing "legacy media" and swapping in GOP-friendly lobbyists.
In July 2024 Truth Social post, Trump vowed to jail Zuckerberg and other "election fraudsters" if elected. The GOP had it out for Zuckerberg's $400 million "Zuckerbucks" initiative during the 2020 ...
An employee memo from Meta’s vice president of human resources Janelle Gale, which was obtained by Axios, announced five major changes to Meta’s “hiring, development and procurement practices,” amid the shifting “legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the United States”—i.e., the return of Donald Trump.
Zuckerberg made the changes amid pressures from the Republican Party as they feel fact-checking on Meta platforms limits free speech.
When Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook ... sacrificing its values on the altar of Donald Trump and the modern GOP’s “free speech” politics. Conservatives took it as a win, like ...
A bill aimed at restricting “biological men” from participating in women’s sports passed the House of Representatives Tuesday. The anti-transgender initiative is on its way to the upper chamber thanks to the contributions of two Democrats, who sided with 216 Republicans.