Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is moving moderators from California to Texas to combat concerns about bias and censorship
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Mark Zuckerberg is moving Meta’s platform security and content oversight teams out of California and shifting staff who review posts to Texas in a bid to combat concerns about liberal bias and over-censorship at his social-media empire. The CEO of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads’ parent company said on Tuesday that…
Meta’s fact-checking program shutdown sparks emergency meeting of global fact-checkers
The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) has convened an emergency meeting of its members following Meta’s announcement on Tuesday that it will end its third-party fact-checking partnerships in the US and replace them with a crowdsourced moderation tool similar to X’s Community Notes. In an exclusive interview with B-17, IFCN Director Angie Holan confirmed that the…
Judge rejects Trump’s request for a fourth delay of his hush-money sentencing
Donald Trump speaks at an event in Arizona in December. President-elect Donald Trump failed on Monday to win an immediate halting of Friday’s sentencing date for his Manhattan hush-money conviction. In turning down what would have been Trump’s fourth delay of his sentencing date, the trial judge, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, said…
Donald Trump won. Now Mark Zuckerberg is reshaping Meta.
Sometimes the obvious thing is the obvious thing. Which is to say: You can make pro and con arguments for many of the massive changes Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced about the way his company is going to moderate — or not moderate — content. It’s a complicated topic. But the most important takeaway…
Amazon is forking out $40 million to license new Melania Trump documentary
Incoming first lady Melania Trump will serve as an executive producer on a new documentary set to be featured on Amazon Video. Amazon will reportedly shell out $40 million to license a documentary on incoming first lady Melania Trump. The price tag includes the film itself, a smaller-scale theatrical run before being featured on Prime…
Trump Jr. is heading for Greenland, shortly after his father said the US should take over the island
Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of President-Elect Donald Trump, is visiting Greenland this week. Donald Trump Jr. is heading to Greenland shortly after his father renewed remarks that the US should take over the Danish territory. President-Elect Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Monday that his eldest son and “various representatives”…
Trump says Mark Zuckerberg is ‘probably’ responding to his previous threats by changing Meta’s direction
President-elect Donald Trump said he was pleased by Meta’s changing policies. President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday praised Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for changing how it moderates political content on its three major social media platforms. Trump, who previously threatened Zuckerberg with life in prison, said his comments might have led to the announcement. “Probably,” Trump…
DOGE is hiring full-time salaried employees. These are the roles Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy aim to fill.
Elon Musk is helping spearhead DOGE’s efforts to reduce government spending. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s Department of Government Efficiency is recruiting for “a very small number” of full-time, salaried positions, according to its X account. As of early January, the commission is looking for people to fill software engineering, information security engineering, HR, IT,…
Iran is weaker than it’s been for decades as it prepares for Trump to take office again
The Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, after being ransacked by rebels in December 2024. Last May, Iran’s then-president took a victory lap during the first visit by an Iranian leader to Syria since 2010. Ebrahim Raisi praised key ally Bashar Assad for his “victory,” having beaten back rebel forces with Iranian and Russian help, and…
