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Meta to Cut 5% of Staff as Zuckerberg Says He Will 'Raise the Bar'
CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the job cuts are necessary as the company builds “the most important technologies in the world.”The Wall Street Journal - 16h -
Mapping Elon Musk’s Global Empire
From tunnels to Tesla factories to SpaceX launch facilities, there’s barely a place on Earth that doesn’t feel the gravitational pull of humanity’s wealthiest reply guy.Wired - 1d -
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg to attend Trump's inauguration
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg will attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, according to an official involved with the planning of the event.NBC News - 16h -
Zuckerberg Comments on Apple Add to Criticism of Recent Meta Moves
The founder of Facebook, now transformed into Meta, may have delivered a master class on how a CEO doesn’t make a company look good.Inc. - 1d -
Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era
After visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump in November, Mr. Zuckerberg decided to relax Meta’s speech policies. He asked a small team to carry out his goals within weeks. The repercussions are ...The New York Times - 1d -
Zuckerberg, Musk, answer me this: what about the child abuse scandal playing out online? | Susanna Rustin
Victims of ‘grooming gangs’ have been badly let down, but children must be protected on social media as well as in the real world. Two seemingly contradictory things are true. It was appalling for ...The Guardian - 1d -
The cravenness of Mark Zuckerberg
Changes to the fact-checking regime at Meta make it look like he’s caving in to TrumpFinancial Times - 2d -
Musk sets sights on European politics
After helping President-elect Donald Trump return to the White House, Elon Musk is now setting his sights on European politics. He has endorsed Germany's far-right party in the upcoming election ...CBS News - 2d -
Mark Zuckerberg slams Apple on its lack of innovation and 'random rules'
Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan that Apple hasn't invented anything great in roughly two decades, since Steve Jobs created the iPhone.CNBC - 3d -
Don’t expect Mark Zuckerberg to save social media
Mark Zuckerberg's decision to do away with fact-checkers on Facebook and Instagram is not a solution to the problem of centralized power over speech, and congressional action is needed to dilute ...The Hill - 3d -
As resolutions go, Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘nothing in moderation’ is a stinker | Alison Phillips
Between Elon Musk, a free-for-all Facebook and Donald Trump, truth and decency are likely to have a hard time of it in 2025. How did we get to a week in which the world’s richest man could label ...The Guardian - 3d -
Biden: Zuckerberg's decision to end Meta fact-checking is 'really shameful'
Outgoing President Biden weighed in on CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to end the fact-checking programs on Meta's platforms, calling it a “really shameful” choice since “telling the truth ...The Hill - 3d -
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Trump, Musk and Zuckerberg have declared war on facts and truth. The pushback must start now | Emily Bell
There is a narrow window. Public media and fair reporting must be supported: the rules must be upheld. In early 2017, Mark Zuckerberg was on what might be termed an “apology tour” of the United ...The Guardian - 4d -
Mark Zuckerberg’s end to Meta factchecking is a desperate play for engagement
As factchecking attempts end, Meta’s platforms will become a wasteland of fake news and misinformation. Mark Zuckerberg craves one metric more than any other: engagement, the statistic that ...The Guardian - 4d -
Mark Zuckerberg sends Trump a friend request
And the L.A. wildfires have already become politicalBBC News - 4d -
Musk and the new political playbook
Lucy and the team on the FT scoop that Musk is seeking to oust StarmerFinancial Times - 4d -
Zuckerberg met with Trump before ending fact-checking program: GOP senator
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 ...The Hill - 5d -
Musk, Zuckerberg and free speech
Can democracy function with Elon Musk’s idea of free speech?BBC News - 6d -
What does Mark Zuckerberg know about free speech? | Fiona Katauskas
Everything in moderation, except moderation Continue reading...The Guardian - 6d -
Musk's foreign expedition
Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Musk emerges as Trump foreign policy wild card Elon Musk has increasingly waded into foreign politics ...The Hill - 6d -
Mark Zuckerberg's shift to the right was months in the making: From the Politics Desk
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's political shift to the right ahead of the new Trump administration was months in the making.NBC News - 6d -
Fact-checkers to Mark Zuckerberg: We never censored anything
Fact-checking firms that teamed with Meta are refuting CEO Mark Zuckerberg's suggestion linking their work to censorship.CBS News - 6d -
The Musk threat to European democracy
Free speech push, now backed by Meta’s Zuckerberg, risks spread of disinformationFinancial Times - 6d -
Mark Zuckerberg has gone full Maga | Siva Vaidhyanathan
It’s a mistake to describe the Meta CEO’s move as a retreat from ‘fact-checking’: it’s a retreat from limiting harm to users. Mark Zuckerberg seems to have gone full Maga. Just two weeks before ...The Guardian - 6d -
How Mark Zuckerberg pivoted Meta to the right
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that he was ending professional fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram.NBC News - Jan. 8 -
Mark Zuckerberg’s Political Evolution, From Apologies to No More Apologies
Meta’s chief executive has stepped away from his mea culpa approach to issues on his platforms and has told people that he wants to return to his original thinking on free speech.The New York Times - Jan. 7 -
Meta employees criticize Zuckerberg decisions to end fact-checking, add Dana White to board
Meta employees internally criticized the company's decision to end third-party fact-checking two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.CNBC - Jan. 7 -
Meta goes ‘MAGA’: Facebook adjusts fact-checking approach as Zuckerberg touts ‘free expression’ and cites ‘cultural tipping point’
“We’re going to work with President[-elect] Trump to push back on governments around the world that are going after American companies and pushing to censor more,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said.MarketWatch - Jan. 7 -
Europe leaders criticise Musk attacks
Although some of Europe's leaders have found favour with the billionaire, others are worried by his interventions.BBC News - Jan. 7 -
Why did Mark Zuckerberg end Facebook and Instagram’s factchecking program?
The social media giant enters a more partisan political era as its CEO pursues Donald Trump’s approval. Meta is shifting to the right, following the prevailing political winds blowing through the ...The Guardian - Jan. 7 -
Mark Zuckerberg Says Meta Fact-Checkers Were the Problem. Fact-Checkers Rule That False.
Fact-checking groups that worked with Meta said they had no role in deciding what the company did with the content that was fact-checked.The New York Times - Jan. 7 -
Cramer: Meta dumping fact-checkers shows Mark Zuckerberg 'wants to play ball' with Trump
CEO Mark Zuckerberg's move to end fact-checking across Meta's platforms is a positive for investors, Jim Cramer said Tuesday.CNBC - Jan. 7 -
Elon Musk Is Roiling European Politics
The Trump ally has flooded X with posts criticizing European politicians, causing a diplomatic conundrum for the continent’s leaders.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 7 -
Mark Zuckerberg announces end of fact-checking program for Meta
Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a video that its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, will no longer implement a fact-checking policy, instead relying on community notes similar to ...NBC News - Jan. 7 -
Meta ending fact-checking program: Zuckerberg
Social media giant Meta announced a series of changes to its content moderation policies Tuesday, including the elimination of its fact-checking program, in what CEO Mark Zuckerberg said was an ...The Hill - Jan. 7 -
Musk’s war on America’s allies
The question of whether he is speaking for Trump is urgent for EuropeFinancial Times - Jan. 7 -
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Musk and the red lines of rightwing politics
Tory calls for new national probe into child rape gangs — that it did not make in government — expose opposition anxietiesFinancial Times - Jan. 6 -
Is Elon a Musk-Have for Nigel Farage?
Reform’s former communications director is onBBC News - Jan. 5