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Meta's decision to change its community standards to allow more incendiary language against people of different races and LGBTQ+ people could silence their voices, harm livelihoods and damage their mental health.

Elon Musk, recently shared some insights into the personal philosophy that influenced her former husband's success during a TEDx talk. Justine Musk provided a unique perspective on the ambitious entrepreneur behind Tesla and SpaceX. Moreover, she emphasized on the importance of boundaries and focus while noting that Elon Musk’s ability to say ‘no’ was extremely crucial to his achievements.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is cohosting a reception with billionaire Republican donors next week for Donald Trump's inauguration, the latest sign of the Facebook founder's embrace of the president-elect. The reception cohosted by Zuckerberg is set for Monday evening, shortly before the inaugural balls, according to two people familiar with the private plans who spoke to AP on condition of anonymity to discuss them.

Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, plans to lay off around 3,600 employees who are identified as low performers, according to an internal memo reported by Bloomberg. CEO Mark Zuckerberg described the decision as a step to «raise the bar on performance management and move out low-performers faster» as the company forges ahead in building out AI-powered services and immersive devices.

Meta's top officials over its CEO Mark Zuckerberg's remarks that the incumbent government in India lost the 2024 election owing to its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mark Zuckerberg wants Donald Trump to get to know the “real Mark." That’s the latest message the shape-shifting chief executive sought to relay to the masses as he pushes a frenzied effort to recast himself as a friend of the president-elect at a moment of peril and opportunity for Meta Platforms. On Friday, Zuckerberg met with Trump in Florida for the second time in seven weeks and torched Meta’s longstanding diversity policies.

Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday rebuked Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg for spreading misinformation about the Lok Sabha elections held in 2024 when the billionaire entrepreneur incorrectly stated that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had lost.

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, has once again criticised Apple, accusing the tech giant of stagnation in innovation and operating a restrictive ecosystem that hampers competition. Speaking on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Zuckerberg addressed issues ranging from Apple’s reliance on iPhone sales to its App Store policies and closed ecosystem practices.

Jagmeet Singh, leader of Canada's New Democratic Party (NDP) and a former ally of outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a sharp rebuke to US President-elect Donald Trump’s statements about annexing Canada. In a video message shared on X (formerly Twitter), he said: “Our country is not for sale. Not now, not ever,” condemning Trump’s long-standing rhetoric about making Canada the 51st US state.

Taking an aim at Apple, Zuckerberg accused the company of stagnating in innovation and relying heavily on the continued success of the iPhone. The Meta CEO expressed these views during an in-depth conversation on Joe Rogan's podcast. «Steve Jobs invented the iPhone and now they're just kind of sitting on it 20 years later,» Zuckerberg said, suggesting that fewer people are buying new iPhones because each new version isn't much better than the last.

Meta's shock announcement that it would halt its fact-checking operations in the US has stunned media outlets and netizens around the world. Now a purported reason behind the Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp owner's move has been revealed. Zuckerberg's own post regarding his injury while training for a mixed martial arts (MMA) bout could not become viral due to censorship restrictions, New York Post reported quoting Wall Street Journal. «Tore my ACL sparring and just got out of surgery to replace it. I was training for a competitive MMA fight for early next year, but now that’s delayed a bit. Still looking forward to it after I recover. Thanks to everyone for the love and support,» Meta CEO posted in November 2023.

Meta offices. According to The New York Times, facilities managers across Meta’s offices in Silicon Valley, Texas, and New York were instructed to remove the menstrual products, which had previously been provided for non-binary and transgender employees. As per the reports, this move was part of Meta’s broader strategy to align its internal policies with the anticipated values of the incoming political leadership. The company implemented a range of changes, such as eliminating transgender and nonbinary customisation options from its Messenger app and revising its «Hateful Conduct» guidelines. In a major policy shift, Meta ended its US fact-checking program and introduced a community-based notes system, inspired by the model used on X. CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended the move, stating that traditional fact-checking had been perceived as politically biased and had undermined public trust.

Donald Trump’s inauguration this month, the latest sign that the industry is trying to bolster its relationship with the president-elect ahead of his return to the White House. OpenAI chief executive officer (CEO) Sam Altman plans to go to the swearing-in ceremony on JanU 20, said a company spokesperson. Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg also plans to go to the event, according to a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private information. A spokesperson for Meta declined to comment. Uber Technologies Inc. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi will be at some of the surrounding festivities, according to the company. Uber also plans to host an inauguration party in Washington with Elon Musk’s X social media firm and The Free Press, a media company.

UN rights chief insisted Friday that regulating hate speech and harmful content online «is not censorship», days after Meta scrapped its fact-checking programme on Facebook and Instagram citing censorship concerns. «Allowing hate speech and harmful content online has real-world consequences. Regulating such content is not censorship,» Volker Turk said on X. «My Office calls for accountability and governance in the digital space, in line with human rights.»

The late New York Sen_ Daniel Patrick Moynihan put it this way decades ago: “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.”

Social media giant Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has announced the discontinuation of its third-party fact-checking programme in the United States, replacing it with the Community Notes feature. This new initiative, similar to the one used by Elon Musk-owned X, empowers users to add context to potentially misleading posts. Meta's founder, Mark Zuckerberg, shared the news in a video message on Tuesday.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Social-media companies never wanted to aggressively police content on their platforms. Now, they are deciding they don’t have to anymore.

Meta has appointed three new members to its board of directors