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Mark Zuckerberg continues his campaign to gain favor with the incoming Trump administration. After visiting Mar-a-Lago to dine with the incoming president and donating $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund with other tech leaders (how much does an inauguration really cost?), Zuckerberg has now replaced the head of Meta’s political arm. the company’s most prominent Republican. Traffic lights earlier informed in the news.
Joel Kaplan most recently served as Deputy Head of Global Policy under Nick Clegg, who joined Meta (then Facebook) in 2018 after serving as UK Deputy Prime Minister under David Cameron. Clegg has been something submissive attack dog For years, he served as the voice of the company, defending Zuckerberg from journalists and politicians on controversial issues. According to the book 2022 “An Ugly Truth” Clegg advised Meta management that regulation was inevitable, so it was best for the company to help create light-touch regulations rather than tougher laws. He also advocated avoiding criticism of Meta by whatabout-ism, or focusing on China — something Zuckerberg did that prompted TikTok’s ban.
“I’m grateful for everything you’ve done for Meta and the world over the last seven years,” Zuckerberg said in a statement about Clegg. Traffic lights. “I learned a lot working with you and our entire team is better for having this opportunity. You’ve had a significant impact on developing Meta’s voice and values around the world, as well as our vision for AI and the metaverse. You have also built a strong team to take this work forward. I am excited to have Joel step into this next role, given his deep experience and insight guiding our policy for many years.”
Whatever Zuckerberg really feels about Trump, he is ultimately a capitalist and will do whatever is in his company’s best interest. Clegg recently criticized Elon Musk, Trump’s de facto vice president. BBC X is “a one-man, hyper-partisan, ideological hobbyhorse.” Clegg advocated content moderation as necessary to protect audiences from harmful content, in stark contrast to Musk’s mission to eliminate all forms of censorship.
Kaplan, meanwhile, served as White House deputy chief of staff under George W. Bush earlier in his career and reportedly ran into internal disputes at Meta. against limiting political speech potentially harming conservatives disproportionately.
His appointment as Meta’s new policy leader makes sense as Trump enters his second and final term more aggressive and offensive than his first. The last time Trump took office, he had no experience in politics and was then distracted by the pandemic. This time will be different, it is reported that he is already preparing with his incoming team a flurry of executive actions take effect within hours of assuming office.
Meta reinstated all of Trump’s accounts after banning it on Jan. 6 following the Capitol riots, and Zuckerberg went as far this summer. Sorry for censoring the content During the COVID-19 pandemic and vowed not to be pressured again (millions died Ignoring COVID-19 measures). In general, Meta did not prioritize news content AI-generated engagement bias it is lighter in nature. Zuckerberg threw up his hands and said he didn’t want to engage in divisive content.
Trump responded to these actions in kind saying In October, he said he liked Zuckerberg “better now.”
Zuckerberg, of course, isn’t the only leader who took on Trump during his first administration and now has changed his stance. Leaders including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook a pilgrimage to kiss the ring after previously being heavily attacked by Trump on various issues. At the end of the day, these leaders don’t want to incur Trump’s wrath again and will do whatever it takes to protect their empire. Musk, in particular, who now criticizes Silicon Valley leaders and runs his own rival companies, has Trump’s ear and can influence policy or put his businesses into preferential treatment.
