The party symbolized the euphoria of the tech industry on the cusp of the Trump presidency. The guest list included Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Miriam Adelson and the vice president-elect, JD Vance.
With Republicans back in control of both chambers of Congress and calling for new regulation of Big Tech, the Meta CEO is realigning with Trump.
It’s official: Mark Zuckerberg is turning Meta into yet another propaganda machine for Donald Trump and the far right.
The fusillade of major announcements from Meta this month — including the termination of its fact-checking and DEI programs and the ascension of its enigmatic content-moderation czar, Joel Kaplan, to head global policy — prompted a familiar churn of political reaction across the left and right.
Many have noticed how differently some business leaders are greeting the second Trump presidency, write Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian
World’s-richest-man Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Amazon chief Jeff Bezos are slated to attend the forty-seventh president’s inauguration next week, according to NBC News. The tech trio will be seated alongside elected officials and Trump’s Cabinet selections.
Meta's Mark Zuckerberg announced major changes to the company's policies just weeks before Trump's inauguration.
The guest list includes some of America’s most influential tech billionaires and politicians as well as some foreign leaders and celebrities who have embraced Trump.
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 just beginning.
It’ll be quite a spectacle, and one in marked contrast to Trump’s first presidency, when he was widely cold-shouldered. There is, of course, nothing unusual about business attempting to cosy up to an incoming president in the hope of influence,
The top billionaires of Silicon Valley have gone from supporting Democrats to being all in on Trump. What happened?