Meta, Zuckerberg

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era
After visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump in November, Mr. Zuckerberg decided to relax Meta’s speech policies. He asked a small team to carry out his goals within weeks. The repercussions are just beginning.
Mark Zuckerberg Compares Meta’s Fact-Checking to ‘1984’ as His Apps Prepare for Community Notes
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he decided to end Facebook and Instagram's fact-checking operation because it too closely resembled "1984"
Mark Zuckerberg named in lawsuit over Meta’s use of pirated books for AI training
Authors, including Ta-Nehisi Coates and Sarah Silverman, allege Meta's illegal use of copyrighted materials to build AI models.
Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta’s Llama team the OK to train on copyrighted works, filing claims
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta's Llama team approval to train on copyrighted documents, according to a new court filing.
How Mark Zuckerberg pivoted Meta to the right
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that he was ending professional fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram.
Meta knew it used pirated books to train AI, authors say
Meta Platforms used pirated versions of copyrighted books to train its artificial intelligence systems with approval from its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a group of authors alleged in newly disclosed court papers.
Court filing says Zuck knowingly okayed training Facebook's AI on pirated books
Sometimes, companies trying to homebrew their own uncreativity engines attempt to throw money at this problem, licensing books or articles as training data from authors and publishers. And sometimes they,
Facebook Apparently Trained Its AI by Torrenting Pirated Books Stolen From Authors
Free Loaders Newly unredacted court documents allege that Meta, formerly Facebook, knowingly used pirated books obtained from the online archive Library Genesis to train its AI models, Wired reports.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg approved the use of pirated books to train AI: Court filing
Meta Platforms trained its AI models using pirated versions of copyrighted books, with the approval of its CEO Mark Zuckerberg. According to newly disclosed court papers, a group of authors is alleging that the social media giant knew they were using pirated work to train their AI systems.

Joe Rogan, Zuckerberg

Meta axes DEI programs just days after Mark Zuckerberg scrapped censorship policies
Meta will no longer take DEI considerations into account for purposes of hiring, training and picking suppliers, according to ...
Ex-Mets pitcher tells Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg to ‘grow up’ after ‘weak’ Trump-friendly move
Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg just happened to decide that this was the week to announce that it was “time to get back to our ...
71 organizations and counting have signed a letter warning Mark Zuckerberg about ending fact-checking on Meta in the US
The International Fact-Checking Network proposed crowdsourcing in conjunction with professionals, a "new model." ...
Mark Zuckerberg says users exiting Meta over fact-checking reforms is ‘virtue signaling’
In response to a user’s criticism, Mark Zuckerberg defended Meta’s changes, claiming that the shift from third-party ...
What Zuckerberg Risks by Following Musk’s Lead
O n Tuesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the social media behemoth will end its third party fact-checking program ...
Mark Zuckerberg says users who leave Meta after fact-checking shutdown would be 'virtue signaling'
Mark Zuckerberg is not afraid of users leaving Meta for "virtue signaling." ...
Mark Zuckerberg ended Facebook censorship after his own post about MMA knee injury got demoted by algorithm: report
Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced that Meta would end its partnerships with third party fact-checkers and institute a ...
Meta rolls back hate speech rules as Zuckerberg cites ‘recent elections’ as a catalyst
It wasn’t just fact-checking that Meta scrapped from its platforms as it prepares for the second Trump administration.