US AG Pam Bondi says that Meta complied with the DOJ's request to take down a Facebook Page that the agency said was being used to harass ICE agents in Chicago
and we're ready to push back if something like this happens again.” Secretary Kristi Noem / @sec_noem : Anti-ICE radicals are using social media apps to dox, threaten, and terrorize the brave men and ...
Trump says Elon Musk “went CRAZY” and that canceling his government contracts is “the easiest way to save money”, as their One Big Beautiful bill feud escalates
Musk has gone to war with Donald Trump. What happens next? Dan Milmo / The Guardian : Elon Musk signals he may back down in public row with Donald Trump Wired : Elon Musk's Feud With President Trump ...
Internal messages show how during trade negotiations, the US State Department pushed nations facing tariffs to clear regulatory hurdles for SpaceX's Starlink
Two plus two equals four. There are twenty-four hours in a day. Gustaf Kilander / The Independent : US is pushing Starlink on nations facing tariffs as Musk stands to benefit from trade deals: report...
Elon Musk says he will rehire a DOGE staffer who resigned following the exposure of his posts advocating for racism and eugenics, after Trump endorsed the idea
“Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool.” — “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity.” — “Normalize Indian hate.” — www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st... [embedded post] Ryan ...
A look at The Stargate Project: unanswered questions, PR wins, SoftBank only has ~$30B cash, many projects are old news, and Elon Musk trolled the announcement
$500B in CapEx for AI in the US feels like a good thing for US security and for AI's continued progress in capabilities. Google's entire capex in 2024 was $50B. This is a hard amount of money to actua...
Donald Trump says he will sign an executive order on January 20 to delay enforcing the TikTok US ban and argues for a TikTok joint venture with 50% US ownership
Yes, Trump said he's “most likely” to give #TikTok 90-day extension. — No, that's not a legally available option. — The 270 days lapsed. An extension is no longer available (even if TikTok met 3 ...
Memo: Meta terminates major DEI programs, including for hiring, training, and procurement, citing a changed “legal and policy landscape” around DEI in the US
Meta is ending its DEI programs Bradley Cortright / New York Sun : Meta Abandons its DEI Programs Days Ahead of Trump's Inauguration Edith Olmsted / New Republic : Mark Zuckerberg Goes Full MAGA With ...
Warner Bros. Discovery will shut down CNN+ on April 30, after its March 29 debut; sources: CNN+ had ~150K subscribers and was on pace to hit first-year goals
the same firm that suggested pharmacists get REBATES for opioid deaths—charged CNN millions to tell it what someone wanted to hear. Every $ wasted could have gone to paying journalists. https://twitte...
Donald Trump sues Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, as well as Zuckerberg, Dorsey, and Pichai, claiming the companies have violated his First Amendment rights
Taking on Big Tech ‘censorship’ can be a winning argument even if it loses in court. Mat Smith / Engadget : The Morning After: Trump announces lawsuits against Facebook, Twitter and YouTube BBC : Trum...
In response to Oversight Board ruling, Facebook suspends Trump's accounts until January 7, 2023, and says it will then reconsider suspension if conditions allow
but not until at least 2023 Transparency Center : Counting strikes — If you post content that goes against the Facebook Community Standards … Charlie Warzel / Galaxy Brain : Facebook's two-year Trum...