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Meta's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. in a 2022 file photo. The Facebook parent company announced this week that it will end its work with fact-checkers in the U.S. and change its speech rules after years of criticism from Republicans.

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  • Technology

Meta built a global fact-checking operation. Will it survive?

The company's policy reversal comes as the U.S. is diverging sharply from other countries over regulating social media.

January 11, 2025
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan and
  • Shannon Bond
Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White speaks at an election night event for President-elect Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov. 6. Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta has named White to its board of directors.

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  • Technology

Meta taps Trump ally and UFC CEO Dana White to join its board

White's election as a Meta director two weeks before Trump takes office comes as Silicon Valley is courting the incoming administration.

January 07, 2025
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Mark Zuckerberg wears a pair of Orion AR glasses during the Meta Connect conference on Sept. 25, 2024, in Menlo Park, Calif.

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  • Technology

Zuckerberg dines with Trump in Mar-a-Lago

A spokesperson for Meta confirmed that Zuckerberg and Trump met on Wednesday, saying he was invited for dinner with the president-elect to talk about the incoming administration.

November 28, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified on Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media, including Meta's Facebook and Instagram.

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  • Technology

'You have blood on your hands,' Senator tells Mark Zuckerberg for failing kids online

The top tech executives from Meta, X, TikTok, Snap and Discord get the fifth degree from the Senate Judiciary Committee.

February 01, 2024
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By:
  • Dara Kerr
Top Meta executive Adam Mosseri has said that the company's new Twitter competitor Threads does not need the "negativity" of news and politics on the platform.

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  • Technology

Meta's Threads wants to become a 'friendly' place by downgrading news and politics

Mark Zuckerberg has pitched Meta's Twitter clone as a more "friendly" place for online discourse. Executives say breaking news and politics will not be the emphasized. But is that realistic?

July 12, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
An attorney for Twitter accused Threads of engaging in "systematic, willful, and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter's trade secrets and other intellectual property."

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  • Business

Twitter threatens to sue its new rival, Threads, claiming Meta stole trade secrets

An attorney for Twitter accused Meta of hiring dozens of former Twitter employees with the intention of creating a "copycat" platform, implying a lawsuit could come next.

July 07, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson
Mark Zuckerberg, left, alongside Jeff Ibrahim, center, following their jiu-jitsu match on May 6 in California. One of the third place competitors, Henry Francisco, is at right.

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  • Sports

Video shows how a storekeeper defeated Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in jiu-jitsu

The last person Jeff Ibrahim expected to face in the gold medal round of a jiu-jitsu competition in California was tech entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg.

June 06, 2023
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By:
  • Fernando Alfonso III
A person stands in front of a Meta sign outside of the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. on March 7.

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  • Business

Facebook parent Meta slashes 10,000 jobs in its 'Year of Efficiency'

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company is cutting another 10,000 jobs after it laid off 11,000 workers late last year.

March 14, 2023
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  • Mary Yang
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  • Technology

Facebook parent Meta is having a no-good, horrible day after dismal earnings report

The company, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, has lost a half-trillion dollars in market value so far this year.

October 27, 2022
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  • Mary Yang
Facebook parent Meta's results are the latest sign of a protracted slowdown in the digital ad market.

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  • Technology

Facebook's parent company reports a drop in revenue for the first time ever

Meta's quarterly earnings are another sign of a protracted slowdown in the digital ad market. Soaring inflation, interest rate hikes and other economic woes are making advertisers cautious.

July 27, 2022
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Shares in Facebook parent company Meta surged after it reported a return to user growth, even though the company's profits dropped and sales growth slowed.

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  • Technology

Facebook shrugs off fears it's losing users

More people used Facebook in the first quarter than analysts expected, easing concerns about competition from TikTok.

April 28, 2022
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
In this illustration photo taken in Los Angeles on Oct. 28, 2021, a person watches on a smartphone as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveils the META logo. The name of Facebook's parent company was changed to Meta to represent a future beyond just its troubled social network.

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  • Technology

Facebook just had its worst day ever on Wall Street

Investors wiped more than $250 billion off the market value of Facebook owner Meta after the company warned competition from TikTok is weighing on growth.

February 03, 2022
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By:
  • Shannon Bond and
  • Peter Granitz

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  • Technology

Reporters Reveal 'Ugly Truth' Of How Facebook Enables Hate Groups And Disinformation

In a new book, Cecilia Kang and Sheera Frenkel say Facebook failed in its effort to combat disinformation. "Facebook knew the potential for explosive violence was very real [on Jan 6]," Kang says.

July 13, 2021
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By:
  • Terry Gross
From left to right, Dana Blumberg stands next to her boyfriend, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as they talk after a session at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on Thursday in Sun Valley, Idaho. Top execs across media, tech and sports gathered for their annual event known as "summer camp for billionaires."

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  • Business

Here's A Peek Inside Sun Valley's 'Summer Camp For Billionaires'

After a pandemic pause last year, the top brass of tech, media and markets descended in central Idaho for an annual gathering. This is what it was like to be there this year.

July 10, 2021
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By:
  • David Gura
Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Vice President of Partnerships Dan Rose and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg walk together at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 12, 2018 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Top tech and media moguls descend on the resort every year for a week of activities - and deals.

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  • Business

Moguls, Deals And Patagonia Vests: A Look Inside 'Summer Camp For Billionaires'

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is expected to attend. So is Apple's Tim Cook. A look inside the Sun Valley conference for top media and tech moguls organized by a little known investment firm.

July 05, 2021
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  • David Gura
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