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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2025
Meta's move to halt fact-checking program in U.S. prompts concern
Instead of using trusted media organizations to fact-check, Meta plans to use "community notes" to check content.
Mark Zuckerberg, then chief executive of Facebook, appears at a joint U.S. Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington in April 2018.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 11, 2025
Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s sprint to remake Meta for the Trump era
The highly unusual overhaul of the firm's speech policies came after the Meta CEO visited U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in November.
Social media giant Meta slashed its content moderation policies on Tuesday, including ending its U.S. fact-checking program, in a major shift that conforms with the priorities of incoming president Donald Trump.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 8, 2025
Big Tech rolls out the red carpet for Trump ahead of his inauguration
Since the November election, a stream of senior moguls have traveled to meet with Trump at his Florida estate.
Demonstrators inside the U.S. Capitol after breaching barricades on Jan. 6, 2021
WORLD / Society
Jan 8, 2025
Violent extremism lingers online with U.S. flagging less content
Donald Trump’s return to the White House promises to cement the hands-off approach toward online behavior.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tries on a pair of Orion augmented reality glasses at the Meta Connect annual event at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 8, 2025
Meta shelves fact-checking in policy reversal ahead of Trump inauguration
It plans to implement on Facebook, Instagram and Threads a system of "community notes" similar to that used on rival X.
X owner Elon Musk and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attend a viewing of the launch of a SpaceX test flight on Nov. 19.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 10, 2024
Trump is on collision course with EU over big tech crackdown
In the coming months, several U.S. tech companies could face billions in fines or even mandatory divestment orders from EU investigations.
Two Harvard University students have adapted the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and computer software to create spectacles utilizing existing face recognition technology to identify people in real time.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 12, 2024
Are face-scanning smart glasses a problem or prophecy?
A hack by two Harvard University students raises concern about the unforeseen risks of artificial intelligence and mixing of existing technologies.
Meta has long faced criticism from researchers, watchdog groups and lawmakers for not fostering a healthy information ecosystem during elections across the globe.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2024
Meta struggles to curb hate speech before U.S. vote, researchers say
The findings come as Meta has long faced criticism from researchers, watchdog groups, and lawmakers for not fostering a healthy information ecosystem.
Tech entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist Masayoshi Son made his fortune by becoming a bridge between California's technology culture and Japan.
COMMENTARY
Oct 31, 2024
Masayoshi Son may be the oddest of the oddball billionaires
Masayoshi Son made his fortune by becoming a bridge between Californian tech culture and Japan.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tries on Orion AR glasses at the Meta Connect annual event at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 26, 2024
Meta pitches augmented reality glasses as eventual smartphone rival
The firm's Orion prototype glasses, introduced Wednesday, have lenses that can display text messages, video calls and even YouTube videos in the user’s field of vision.
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms, arrives following a break during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington on Jan. 31.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 27, 2024
Mark Zuckerberg meets with Kishida to discuss AI
The Meta Platforms CEO is in Japan as part of an Asia tour, during which he will also travel to South Korea and India.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms, in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 27, 2023.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 26, 2024
Mark Zuckerberg’s Asia tour to focus on AI
The Meta Platforms’ CEO is in Japan with his family on a ski trip, and is set to meet with his developers in Tokyo to discuss virtual-reality and AI.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, attends a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2024
Zuckerberg’s apology isn’t enough to stop children being harmed
META's CEO apologized to the families of children abused via social media, but real regulation is needed for such harm to be avoided in the first place.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers his keynote address at the f8 Developers Conference in San Francisco in 2011.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2024
Facebook, the social network old-timer, turns 20
"Facebook, when it launched, was revolutionary"
Jason Citron, Evan Spiegel, Shou Zi Chew, Linda Yaccarino and Mark Zuckerberg are sworn in as they testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 1, 2024
Senators slam social media CEOs on child online safety
"These companies must be reined in, or the worst is yet to come”
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerbeg. In October, more than 30 states sued Meta, alleging its social media apps were feeding harmful content to youth.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 31, 2024
Social media CEOs brace for child safety scrutiny: Here's what to expect
Evidence suggests that excessive use of social media and harmful content may damage mental health.
Mark Zuckerberg speaks onstage during the Meta Connect Developer Conference in Menlo Park, California, on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 28, 2023
Meta unveils AI assistant and Facebook-streaming glasses
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg described the products as bringing together the virtual and real worlds while emphasizing lower costs.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in Washington
WORLD / Society
Aug 29, 2023
Musk and Zuckerberg set to attend forum on future of AI
The gathering is part of Schumer's strategy to give Congress more influence over the future of AI.
Facebook owner Meta Platforms has started the process of ending news availability in Canada.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 2, 2023
Meta starts blocking news in Canada
Google has said it is considering a similar move amid an ongoing global debate as more governments try to make tech firms pay for news content.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 19, 2023
Meta makes open source Llama AI model available for commercial use
The move by the social media giant threatens to upend early dominance established in the nascent market for generative AI software by other providers.

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