Policy chief Joel Kaplan says that in pursuit of “More Speech and Fewer Mistakes,” Meta will focus more on preventing over-enforcement of its content policies and less on mediating potentially harmful — but technically legal — discussions on its platform. The company is also ending its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

Welcome, Mark Zuckerberg, to Donald Trump’s America. In that America, all of us must remember Arendt’s wisdom: “Freedom of opinion is a farce unless factual information is guaranteed and the facts themselves are not in dispute.” None of Zuckerberg’s gaslighting can hide that truth.

I think we're doing the right thing,” he told me, “It’s just that we should've done it sooner.” Seven years later, Zuckerberg no longer thinks more moderation is the right thing. In a five-minute Reel,

Billionaire tech CEOs Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Sundar Pichai of Google, Tim Cook of Apple, and Elon Musk got prime seats at President Trump’s inauguration in the Capitol

Zuckerberg claimed to be “excited” by “the opportunity to restore free expression,” but few who commented on his speech felt similarly thrilled. Those on the left wrote him off as a sellout. Those on the right wondered where Zuckerberg’s principles were during the past four years of judicial persecution and censorship.

Musk is the richest person in the world with a net worth of $449 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He sat alongside Zuckerberg and Bezos, cheering Trump on during his inaugural speech.

Some of the most exclusive seats at President Donald Trump’s inauguration were reserved for powerful tech CEOs who also are among the world’s richest men.

In his announcement, Zuckerberg said he was relocating content moderation to Texas to “build trust” and “work in places where there is less concern about the bias of our teams.”

The assembly of billionaires at Trump's inauguration was a display of wealth and power unlike any before. The display was all the more remarkable given how recently many in tech were politically naive or apathetic.

In Trump’s first term, Meta quietly introduced a slew of Republican-friendly changes. But led by Joel Kaplan, the company is done playing both sides and is going all-in on MAGA.

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the social media company plans to spend as much as $65 billion this year alone to build on its artificial intelligence efforts.