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January 11, 2025, 8:50 AM

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Jordan Novet / CNBC:
On Joe Rogan's podcast, Zuckerberg said the Biden administration pushed Meta “super hard” to take down vaccine content, called EU fines a tariff on the US, more  —  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan in a podcast published on Friday that his company was pressured …
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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Zuckerberg slams Apple, saying it hasn't “really invented anything great in a while”, he's “optimistic” that Apple will “get beat by someone” soon, and more  —  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg joined the Joe Rogan Experience podcast today for a wide-ranging interview …
Angrej Singh / Axios:
Zuckerberg says Meta's fact-checking was “something out of 1984” and criticized the media for hounding Facebook to clamp down on misinfo after the 2016 election  —  - Zuckerberg told Rogan, who was a prominent sceptic of the COVID-19 vaccine, that the Biden administration would …
New York Times:
Sources detail Zuckerberg's sprint to remake Meta after meeting with Trump at Thanksgiving; he no longer wants to keep his views of how Meta should be run quiet  —  After visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump in November, Mr. Zuckerberg decided to relax Meta's speech policies.
Alex Heath / The Verge:
Roy Austin, Meta's VP of Civil Rights and Deputy General Counsel, announces he is leaving the company at the end of March 2025, after joining in January 2021  —  When Roy Austin was hired to run a new civil rights team in 2021, the company called it “an incredibly important role for Facebook and for the tech industry.”
Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Memo: Amazon halts some of its DEI programs, saying it is “winding down outdated programs and materials” as part of a broader review of hundreds of initiatives  —  Amazon is halting some of its diversity and inclusion initiatives, joining a growing list of major corporations …
Axios:
Memo: Meta terminates major DEI programs, including for hiring, training, and procurement, citing a changed “legal and policy landscape” around DEI in the US  —  - The moves come just three days after Meta ended many of its efforts to fact-check and police speech on Facebook, Instagram and Threads.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple opposes a shareholder measure calling for an end to DEI efforts, saying the proposal was an inappropriate attempt to restrict Apple's business operations  —  Apple Inc. disclosed a 18% pay increase for Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook ahead of its annual meeting next month …
Bloomberg:
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, and, a source says, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg are planning to attend Trump's inauguration events this month  —  - Tech companies, executives donated to Trump's inaugural fund  — Industry trying to boost relationship with new administration
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
SCOTUS signals it is likely to uphold the TikTok divest-or-ban law, as a majority of justices suggested they see national security overriding free speech issues  —  - Roberts points to parent company's close ties to China  — Law would ban TikTok on Jan. 19 if ByteDance doesn't sell
Wired:
Ming-Chi Kuo:
Sources: H1 2025 iPhone shipments to decline ~6%, annual shipments to remain flat at around 220M to 225M units; ultra-thin iPhone's thinnest part will be ~5.5mm  —  My latest industry research indicates that Apple will encounter more challenging hurdles in 2025, including nearly stagnant iPhone growth …
Aisha Counts / Bloomberg:
Sources: OpenAI, Google, and other companies are collectively paying hundreds of content creators for access to their unpublished videos to train AI models  —  - YouTube, Instagram, TikTok creators licensing video footage  — OpenAI, Google paying thousands for content to train AI models

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