Zuckerberg said the workforce has been "culturally neutured." With anti-DEI rhetoric on the rise, will women feel the impact?
Zuckerberg, Meta throw $25 million at Trump
Trump has embraced the ultra wealthy as well as tariffs and other policies that could stoke the inflation he criticized as a candidate.
Midlevel staff are often the first targets of corporate downsizing efforts, but Meta’s plan to replace an entire tier of people with AI is a new wrinkle on an old story.
The Meta CEO met with Trump after his win in the 2024 presidential election, according to multiple reports including CBS and the New York Times. And more recently, he named Trump ally and UFC boss Dana White to Meta's board of directors and elevated prominent Republican Joel Kaplan to lead its global affairs operation.
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.
A photo of Mark Zuckerberg from President Donald Trump 's inauguration ceremony went viral on Monday, January 20. In the picture, the 40-year-old Meta CEO appeared to be looking down the shirt of reporter Lauren Sanchez. But in spite of any controversy, the tech mogul is not distancing himself from the fiancée of Jeff Bezos.
On Friday, Mark Zuckerberg announced a $60-65 billion investment into Meta AI.
Some of Trump’s supporters see a lack of emphasis on lowering consumer costs and making daily American life more affordable.