This is going to be a big year,” said Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on his newfound chumminess with the White House and host of technical AI advances.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg praised President Donald Trump's new administration on Wednesday, saying it was nice to have leaders who are "proud" of America's Big Tech companies. Zuckerberg, without naming Trump or Joe Biden specifically,

In Trump’s first term, Meta quietly introduced a slew of Republican-friendly changes. But led by Joel Kaplan, the company is done playing both sides and is going all-in on MAGA.

But what stays with me isn’t the overwrought antipathy between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, the tetchy tech titans who, in the summer of 2023, made noises — let’s call them grunts — about demonstrating their reciprocal disdain by squaring off and throwing down on the kind of stage used for Ultimate Fighting Championship events.

Meta has agreed to pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against the company after it suspended his accounts following the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, AP sources said.

President Donald Trump signed a settlement agreement to end a 2021 lawsuit he brought against Meta after it suspended his Facebook account.

Meta, along with nearly every other major tech company, suspended Trump’s accounts in 2021 after the Capitol attack by his supporters.

Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and other tech leaders are providing Trump with a warmer welcome to the White House than eight years ago.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta engaged in one of its recent core competencies today—outright capitulation—having suddenly decided to settle a lawsuit with Donald Trump that’s been running since 2021 by giving the recently re-elected politician $25 million.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg praised President Donald Trump's new administration, saying it was nice to have leaders who are "proud" of Big Tech.