Tag: Mark Zuckerberg

• Tuesday, January 14th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Brazil’s reacts to Meta’s decision to drop fact checking program, “social media will not become a lawless land”

  

  Brazil’s government and Justice Branch have reacted strongly to Meta’s announcement to abandon its fact checking program. The country’s newly appointed Communication Minister Sidonio Palmeira criticized Meta's decision, calling it “bad for democracy.”

• Friday, May 31st 2024 - 19:00 UTC

  Milei rounds up Californian tour

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei rounded up his Californian trip after a meeting with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and was headed for El Salvador for Nayib Bukele's new inauguration aboard the ARG-01 Boeing 757.

• Saturday, August 12th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

  Tech billionaires Musk and Zucherberg in an ¨epic cage duel, Roman style¨

  

  A Roman duel in tech times. In effect, Elon Musk on Friday said he spoke with Italy's culture minister, Gennaro Sangiuliano, about planning a cage fight with rival tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg in Italy.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 19:33 UTC

  Zuckerberg loses millions as Meta's stock plummets

  

  Meta's stock fell 23% Thursday after the third quarter's results were released. The data showed the Reality Labs division (which encompasses its VR, XR, and Metaverse) posted US$ 3.7 billion in operating losses.

• Friday, March 11th 2022 - 09:12 UTC

  Meta social media: violence OK if against Russians

  

  Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, the parent company owning social media giants Facebook and Instagram will not object to postings calling for violence if they are addressed at the Russian Federation or members of its government, particularly President Vladimir Putin, whose death may be freely wished for.

• Saturday, October 30th 2021 - 08:48 UTC

  Zuckerberg's rebranding strategy sparks controversy

  

  As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced this week the company would be changing its name to Meta, public perception was quick to establish the decision was a response to a matter of public acceptance hitting record lows and many regarded the move as purely “cosmetic.”

• Thursday, October 21st 2021 - 08:17 UTC

  Facebook planning to rebrand its name converted in a metaverse company

  

  Facebook is planning to change its company name next week to reflect a new focus, as reported by The Verge. The coming name change, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about at the company’s annual Connect conference on October 28th, is meant to signal the tech giant’s ambition to be known for more than social media and all the ills that entail.

• Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  Facebook bans Trump for two years; “an insult” to his 75 million voters

  

  Facebook on Friday banned former US President Donald Trump for two years, saying he deserved the maximum punishment for violating platform rules over the deadly attack by supporters on the US capitol last January.

• Friday, January 8th 2021 - 01:02 UTC

  Facebook and Instagram block Trump's accounts “indefinitely” or at least until the presidential transition is over

  

  Facebook Inc said it would block U.S. President Donald Trump's accounts “indefinitely” and for at least the next two weeks until the presidential transition is completed.

• Saturday, August 29th 2020 - 08:36 UTC

  Killing of people in Kenosha, Another 'operational mistake' Mark? How many more?

  

  Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg took responsibility and faulted his company for not removing the page and event for a militia group before two people were killed at a protest in Kenosha, saying it was “largely an operational mistake”.