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| 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.
More: Business Insider and People
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| 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.
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| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
A look at Meta's convoluted or contradictory hate speech examples for user content moderators, allowing derogatory remarks about races, nationalities, and more — Meta is now granting its users new freedom to post a wide array of derogatory remarks about races, nationalities, ethnic groups …
More: Electronic Frontier Foundation and Futurism
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
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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 …
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| 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
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| Wired: |
A live blog where The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in TikTok's appeal against the divest-or-ban law — We're tuning in live as the justices consider what could be one of the most consequential First Amendment rulings of the past several decades. — The US Supreme Court is expected …
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| 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 …
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| 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 …
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| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Disney, Fox, and WBD say they have agreed to discontinue their Venu Sports streaming joint venture and will focus on existing products and distribution channels — The sports-focused streaming service will not move forward, the companies said Friday. — Venu is dead.
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Sources: HPE won a $1B deal in late 2024 to provide servers optimized for AI work for X; Dell and Super Micro also bid on the deal — - Dell, Super Micro also bid on the deal late last year — AI has fueled demand for high-powered computer equipment — Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. won … | Sean Lyngaas / CNN: |
Sources: Chinese hackers breached CFIUS, the US government office that reviews foreign investments for national security risks — Chinese hackers breached the US government office that reviews foreign investments for national security risks, three US officials familiar with the matter told CNN.| 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
More: PC Gamer and The Verge
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| 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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
The US DOJ indicts three Russian citizens for allegedly operating Bender.io and Sinbad.io crypto mixing services used by North Korea and ransomware gangs — On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the indictments of Russian citizens Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko …
More: US Department of Justice, CyberScoop, The Record, and Cointelegraph
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