What Mark Zuckerberg is changing the meta for the Trump era

At this point, it is quite clear whether donald trump wants from Mark ZuckerbergBut what does Zuckerberg do now went to mar-a-lago twice Since the November election, want from the President-elect?

This is the question I have been asking sources in and around Meta for the past several days. They all described Meta's relationship with the outgoing Biden administration as incredibly hostile. It's safe to assume that Zuckerberg wants to re-establish the MAGA rule, especially since Trump threatened him with life imprisonment not long ago.

In Trump's America, removing tampons from men's restrooms at Metra campuses is a real thing. just happened – This is as much a political decision as it is a business decision. Destroying 'woke' ideology is a key pillar of Trump's stated mandate. Others who know they need to play games, like amazonAre also starting to line up. Still, Zuckerberg is changing the meta for this new political reality at a pace that is unusual for a company of his size and influence. Founder Mode.

in his interact with joe rogan And his video on instagramZuckerberg has shared a long list of issues Trump could help him with: fighting other countries that are increasing policing of their platforms, stopping Apple from dictating how it makes mobile apps and smart glasses ( The latter is increasingly important to the future of the meta), and, perhaps most importantly, preventing domestic AI regulation from slowing down Their efforts to crush OpenAI, Elon Musk Has bought Trump's ear. But the more time Zuckerberg spends at Mar-a-Lago Sam Altman And Tim Cook Should be worried.

Then there's the US government case of breaking meta Its testing is going to start in a few months. After the last four years of scandal, it's easy to forget that this lawsuit was filed by a Republican FTC chairman at the end of Trump's first term, not Leena Khan,

Much of the main reaction over the past week has focused on Zuckerberg's decision to end Meta's third-party fact checking program. It was a convenient scapegoat for company executives, who apparently never followed through on the goal of bringing more neutrality to Facebook and Instagram. Community Notes The alternative meta that X is getting was not on the product roadmap before this week, so it will probably take a while for everyone to see it.

The announcement that US arbitrators will be moved from California to Texas is perhaps the most scandalous of them all; Talk to anyone in the know and they'll tell you that the majority of moderators are already based in Austin.

Hate speech now allowed on Meta close your eyes to his face And will be eligible for more testing in the coming weeks. The decision to start recommending political content again is a 180-degree turn for Zuckerberg. But insiders believe the most impactful change for users of Meta's apps will be a softening of its system that removes content for potential policy violations.

out of All announcements made by Meta Last week, I believe it was he who was least connected to Trump. meta executive are indicating For some time they have been aware that they have been accidentally removing too much content that doesn't actually break the rules; I'm told it's one of these, if not The biggest complaint in user surveys. If done right, dialing back on moderation mistakes could be the only announcement from Zuckerberg that makes everyone happy.

• CES is now for dealmaking: Every year, the official CES show – the huge show floor and flashy keynote speakers – feels more like an advertising exercise and no longer a place to launch actual products. Much of the energy has shifted to private meeting rooms and happy hours at the Wynn, Aria and Cosmopolitan, where tech executives are spending the week talking to CMOs and closing deals with partners. At this shadow CES, everyone seems to agree that the show is livelier than ever. Booths on the show floor have become marketing tools to show customers before taking them out to a steak dinner. The challenge for CES organizers will be to figure out how to bridge the growing influence of this part of the show with their existing business model of charging people to walk into booths filled with smart toasters and concept cars.
• TikTok may be banned: Imagine an alternate world in which the Chinese government is about to ban Instagram from operating in the country Mark Zuckerberg Is hidden. Same is the case with ByteDance and its founder zhang yimingWho resigned from the role of CEO after the last US sanctions attempt still controls the companyThey let TikTok get banned in India and seem to have no interest in the app's survival this time, so why wouldn't they let that happen Will the same thing happen again?
• Google and OpenAI flick on what's next: Google's DeepMind unit getting started “An ambitious project to create generic models that simulate the physical world,” which it believes “is on the critical path to artificial general intelligence.” Meanwhile, OpenAI is returning to its early roots starting with A “general purpose robotics” team that will build the hardware and advance “toward AGI-level intelligence in dynamic, real-world settings.” We may be in big trouble with text data, but big labs clearly see an opportunity in 3D. (See also What is Nvidia announced last week,
• Other headlines you may have missed: Tencent (a big investor in Epic Games, Snap, and US tech companies) Was Pentagon blacklist Allegedly due to being under the influence of the Chinese military. Tim Cook's Total compensation 18 percent increase $74.6 million last year. Elon Musk Is hosting an opening party More for Trump in DC with Uber The Free Press, Sam Altman's Sister filed a sexual harassment case against him.

Some recent, notable job changes in the tech world:

• Too many changes in the meta: UFC CEO dana whiteExor CEO John Elkann, And Charlie Songhurst joined in Board. Joel Kaplan Right now policy and com is going on. After working at Google for some time, I have been told Michael Levinson Returning as Vice President of Product for the Integrity organization. (Good luck!) Chief of Civil Rights, roy austin, is goingand former DEI chief maxine williams Now Head of “Outreach and Engagement”.
• Elon Musk's x Name Some new leaders: Romina Khannish is the new head of government affairs and john policy Head of “Advertising Innovation”.
• Calista Radmon joined in Nvidia has been appointed Vice President of “Global AI Initiatives,” where she will “drive the adoption of Nvidia platforms for national and regional AI initiatives.”
• Sofia DominguezThe director of Snap's AR platform is leaving.

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