Meta, Mark Zuckerberg and Trump

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 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.
Why Meta went MAGA: Inside Mark Zuckerberg's reset with Donald Trump
With Republicans back in control of both chambers of Congress and calling for new regulation of Big Tech, the Meta CEO is realigning with Trump.
Authors sue Meta alleging it used pirated books to train its AI systems
A group of authors, including Ta-Nehisi Coates and Sarah Silverman, have accused Facebook parent Meta Platforms of using pirated books to train its artific
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.
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.
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,
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.
Lawsuit says Mark Zuckerberg approved Meta's use of pirated materials to train Llama AI
Meta allegedly used copyrighted journals, books and other materials from the LibGen dataset to train its Llama AI models.
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.
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." ...
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 Axios.
Courting Trump, Zuckerberg ditches DEI and kills off LGBTQ+ themes for Facebook Messenger
On top of rolling back DEI plans, Meta's content moderation tweaks allow users to call LGBTQ+ users "mentally ill" ...
Google searches for deleting Facebook, Instagram on the rise after Meta ends fact-checking
Google searches for how to cancel and delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads accounts have seen explosive rises in the U.S.
Meta employees rip Mark Zuckerberg for ending fact-checking, adding Dana White to board: ‘Extremely concerned’
Workers at the Silicon Valley giant voiced their displeasure on the company's internal messaging forum on Tuesday.
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.
Stephen Colbert Has A Brutal Community Note For Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Changes
The "Late Show" host said the tech billionaire is racing to "kiss" Donald Trump's "ass" with the company's changes ahead of ...
Mark Zuckerberg says anyone who quits Meta over lack of fact-checking is ‘virtue signaling’
I'm counting on these changes actually making our platforms better," Zuckerberg wrote on Threads, the X-like social media ...