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Mark Zuckerberg Bans Donald Trump From Both Facebook & Instagram

Mark Zuckerberg Bans Donald Trump From Both Facebook & Instagram

Mark Zuckerberg has banned President Donald Trump from the social media platforms Facebook and Instagram for the foreseeable future, through his last days in office and perhaps even beyond. In a statement posted to Facebook, Zuckerberg condemned the president for his abuses of the social media sites in a post — seen here — after […]

4y ago

Mark Zuckerberg Reportedly Acknowledged Joe Biden’s Election Victory To Facebook Staff

Mark Zuckerberg Reportedly Acknowledged Joe Biden’s Election Victory To Facebook Staff

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told his employees on Thursday that Joe Biden is going to be the next president of the United States, BuzzFeed News reported. “I believe the outcome of the election is now clear and Joe Biden is going to be our next president,” he reportedly told employees on Thursday. “It’s important that […]

4y ago

Elon Musk Leapfrogs Mark Zuckerberg To Become World’s Third-Richest Person With Estimated $115B Fortune

Elon Musk Leapfrogs Mark Zuckerberg To Become World’s Third-Richest Person With Estimated $115B Fortune

Elon Musk leapfrogged Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Monday to become the world’s third-richest person, with an estimated fortune of $115 billion, according to Bloomberg. While Zuckerberg previously sat higher in the rankings of world billionaires, with an estimated net worth of $111 billion, Musk’s fortune grew a staggering $87.8 billion this year due to […]

4y ago

Mark Zuckerberg Reportedly Loses $7 Billion In Facebook Boycott Over Stance On Hate Speech And Disinformation

Mark Zuckerberg Reportedly Loses $7 Billion In Facebook Boycott Over Stance On Hate Speech And Disinformation

Mark Zuckerberg’s wallet may be a bit lighter this week due to a growing advertiser boycott of Facebook over what critics see as the site’s failure to police hate speech and disinformation on its platform. As Bloomberg reported, the social media site’s founder lost $7.2 billion as shares of the company fell 8.3 percent on […]

4y ago

Over 170 Scientists Sign Onto Letter Pleading That Mark Zuckerberg Use Facebook To Rein In Donald Trump

Over 170 Scientists Sign Onto Letter Pleading That Mark Zuckerberg Use Facebook To Rein In Donald Trump

Almost two hundred scientists connected to the Chan Zuckerberg research foundations have signed onto a letter imploring tech billionaire and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to take steps to slow the spread of misinformation coming from U.S. President Donald Trump just months before the November election. The letter, which is having names added to it all […]

4y ago

Elizabeth Warren Slammed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg For Comments On Fox News

Elizabeth Warren Slammed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg For Comments On Fox News

Senator and possible next vice presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren took aim at Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg after his interview with Fox News aired on Thursday. The Facebook founder came out in support of free speech on all social media platforms after the controversy sparked in light of Twitter’s decision to fact-check President Donald Trump’s tweets, […]

4y ago

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Called Out Twitter For Fact Checking Donald Trump

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Called Out Twitter For Fact Checking Donald Trump

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg came out against his competitor’s site and said he disagreed with Twitter’s decision to fact check President Donald Trump’s tweets. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has been in the midst of a firestorm ever since his platform fact-checked the president’s recent tweets, causing a backlash from both everyday users and the president […]

4y ago

Pete Buttigieg And Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Had A Friendship That Predated The Election

Pete Buttigieg And Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Had A Friendship That Predated The Election

Former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg used to be fairly good friends, according to Politico. Their relationship predated the election, and many political experts have wondered how much of it has endured between the pair. Zuckerberg and Buttigieg were two years apart at Harvard, and though their paths did not […]

4y ago

Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook’s Commitment To Free Speech Is Going To ‘P*ss Off A Lot Of People’

Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook’s Commitment To Free Speech Is Going To ‘P*ss Off A Lot Of People’

During a speech at Silicon Slopes Tech Summit 2020 in Salt Lake City, Utah, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reaffirmed his company’s commitment to free speech, which has caused a backlash and even a boycott from high-profile figures like Stephen King. “This is the new approach, and I think it’s going to piss off a lot […]

4y ago

Mark Hamill Deletes Facebook Account, ‘Star Wars’ Icon Says Mark Zuckerberg ‘Values Profit’ Over Truthfulness

Mark Hamill Deletes Facebook Account, ‘Star Wars’ Icon Says Mark Zuckerberg ‘Values Profit’ Over Truthfulness

Actor Mark Hamill has deleted his Facebook account in protest over the social media platform’s political ad policy, CNN reports. In a tweet Sunday evening, the Star Wars actor noted that his news isn’t exactly going to be Earth-shattering, but that at the same time he must stick to his own principles. “So disappointed that […]

5y ago

Facebook Suffers Massive Data Breach & Here’s What To Expect

Facebook Suffers Massive Data Breach & Here’s What To Expect

Social networking website Facebook just suffered one of its largest data breaches yet, with more than 267 million users affected. According to Notebook Check, Facebook users’ IDs, phone numbers, and names were exposed to an online database. Though the basic information might not seem like that big a deal, the breach means that millions of […]

5y ago

Facebook Is Testing New Ways To Fight Misinformation By Hiring Part-Time Fact-Checkers

Facebook Is Testing New Ways To Fight Misinformation By Hiring Part-Time Fact-Checkers

Facebook said Tuesday that it’s hiring community reviewers to help shorten the time it takes to identify a false post, as part of a new pilot program that could help the social media network crack down on misinformation. The new program will put community reviewers to work as researchers to find additional information to corroborate […]

5y ago

Sacha Baron Cohen Slams Mark Zuckerberg For ‘Profiting Off Propaganda’

Sacha Baron Cohen Slams Mark Zuckerberg For ‘Profiting Off Propaganda’

Actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen recently took aim at Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg for his decision to allow political ads with false information on the social media platform. According to Cohen, Zuckerberg is “profiting off propaganda,” Newsweek reported. Cohen made his comment on Twitter in response to a HuffPost article that highlights […]

5y ago

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Announces He’s Moving To Africa, Says It Will Define Bitcoin Future

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Announces He’s Moving To Africa, Says It Will Define Bitcoin Future

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced in a tweet this week that he would be moving to Africa for at least a portion of the upcoming year in a message that claimed the continent was the future — particularly for the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. Dorsey said he’d be living somewhere on the continent for at least three […]

5y ago

Trump Had A Secret Meeting With Zuckerberg & Thiel, Facebook Reports

Trump Had A Secret Meeting With Zuckerberg & Thiel, Facebook Reports

Donald Trump extended a dinner invitation to Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel last month. While this in itself is not an unusual move by the president, this clandestine meeting was never disclosed before yesterday, reports NBC News. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed in an email sent out to the outlet that the meeting had taken place. […]

5y ago

Kanye West Says He Is Changing His Name To ‘Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West’

Kanye West Says He Is Changing His Name To ‘Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West’

Kanye West has made some unusual statements in his day — some in seriousness and some apparently in jest — but it’s not clear where his latest announcement falls. According to CNN, the rapper wants to make sure people know how much money he has, so he is mulling the idea of changing his name […]

5y ago

Facebook Comes Under Fire For Including ‘Breitbart News’ In ‘High Quality’ News Tab

Facebook Comes Under Fire For Including ‘Breitbart News’ In ‘High Quality’ News Tab

Facebook is coming under new pressure from critics after the social media site announced the launch of a new “high quality” news tab that will include controversial right-wing outlet Breitbart News. As The Guardian reported, Facebook launched a new section that it said would be dedicated to “deeply-reported and well-sourced” journalism. The section, Facebook News, […]

5y ago

Facebook Refuses To Name Prominent Leftists Mark Zuckerberg Purportedly Met, Says Report

Facebook Refuses To Name Prominent Leftists Mark Zuckerberg Purportedly Met, Says Report

As The Inquisitr reported, Mark Zuckerberg recently held secret meetings with conservative pundits, which was allegedly to “appease” Donald Trump, who threatened to sue Facebook and Google earlier this year. Zuckerberg is reportedly worried that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will seek to break up Facebook, where he serves as the platform’s co-founder and CEO. […]

5y ago

Two Pete Buttigieg Campaign Hires Were Reportedly Recommended By Mark Zuckerberg

Two Pete Buttigieg Campaign Hires Were Reportedly Recommended By Mark Zuckerberg

According to emails obtained by Bloomberg, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, recommended two people for positions on Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg‘s campaign that were eventually hired, The Hill reports. The emails, which were sent to campaign manager Mike Schmuhl and recommended Eric Mayefsky and Nina Wornhoff, were reportedly sent to […]

5y ago

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Attacks Mark Zuckerberg At Bernie Sanders Comeback Rally

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Attacks Mark Zuckerberg At Bernie Sanders Comeback Rally

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Bernie Sanders at the Vermont Senator’s massive comeback rally this weekend, as The Inquisitr reported. According to the progressive firebrand, Sanders’ recent health scare pushed her to take the leap and make the endorsement, claiming it would be “dishonest” for her to avoid throwing her support behind Sanders as the Democratic […]

5y ago

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