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Digital Markets Act under discussion, Newsletter

This week's key events presented by Euronews' EU news editor-in-chief, Jeremy Fleming-Jones

Euronews

Apple and Meta hit with €700m of fines by EU

Apple hit with a €500m fine by the EU, with Google receiving a €200m penalty, but the move could further escalate tensions.

TechRadar

Facebook whistleblower testifies that company undermined national security by working with China

Meta executives ‘lied about what they were doing with the‬ ‭Chinese Communist Party to employees, shareholders, Congress and the‬‭ American public,’ Sarah Wynn-Williams told a Congressional subcommittee

The Independent UK

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Careless People review: Facebook whistleblower’s book serves up one bombshell after another

Sarah Wynn-Williams’ tell-all memoir is a nightmare for Mark Zuckerberg – and a joy for the rest of us

Evening Standard

The most shocking claims from the Facebook whistleblower's memoir

Never has a gag order been so ill-judged. Meta's attempts to quash Sarah Wynn-Williams' memoir, Careless People – the inside story of her six years at the company, which was then called Facebook – have made it a bigger hit than its former director of global public policy could ever…

Evening Standard

Meta rolls out AI tools in EU, despite previous regulatory problems

The Irish data protection authority last year stopped the roll-out after the company wanted to user EU data for training purposes.

Euronews

Why is Elon Musk still CEO of Tesla?

The tech billionaire and his EV company suffer, Apple castigates itself over Siri failures and a Meta tell-all book evokes a strong reaction

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Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work by Sarah Wynn-Williams review – a former disciple unfriends Facebook

This account of working life at Mark Zuckerberg’s tech giant organisation describes a ‘diabolical cult’ able to swing elections and profit at the expense of the world’s vulnerable

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Facebook worker claims she was fired after she reported sexual harassment by company executive

Sarah Wynn-Williams worked at the tech giant for seven years before she was terminated

The Independent UK

Zuckerberg’s new policy chief warns EU Meta will run to Trump whenever tech company feels it’s being unfairly punished by Brussels

The warning comes after Zuckerberg pledged to join President Trump in pushing back on governments around the world that go after American companies.

Fortune

Mark Zuckerberg thinks corporate culture needs *more* “masculine energy”

Big Tech’s love affair with ‘free speech’ hurts women and minorities the most

Marie Claire

The New Meta Censorship Rules Are Coming Our Way So Buckle Up, Here’s What We Know So Far

Meta's new censorship rules see the ditching of fact-checkers and instead adopting a system similar to that of Elon Musk's X.

Pedestrian.tv

Leaked Meta Training Materials Uses 'Immigrants Are Pieces of S--t' as Example of Now Acceptable Content

Content moderation changes announced by Meta are part of a broader policy shift that includes the suspension of the company's fact-checking program

Latin Times

Meta kills off DEI and LGBTQ+ themes

On top of rolling back DEI plans, Meta's content moderation tweaks allow users to call LGBTQ+ users "mentally ill"

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Evening Standard

Will Nick Clegg put a rocket under European tech now he’s out of Meta?

Our former deputy PM has parted ways with Mark Zuckerberg. Speaking to sources close to him, Chris Blackhurst ponders what’s next

The Guardian - US

Meta never cared about factchecking. What it wants is friction-free oligarchy

The company’s plan to end its factchecking program is about appeasing Trump. That signals the making of a mafia state

The Independent UK

Mark Zuckerberg’s alliance with Donald Trump proves just how low he’ll go

ANALYSIS: The Facebook and Instagram boss has shown just how deep he’s willing to stoop for the benefit of his commercial empire — and just how little his last eight years of promises really meant, writes Io Dodds

The Guardian - US

Why did Mark Zuckerberg end Facebook and Instagram’s factchecking program?

The social media giant enters a more partisan political era as its CEO pursues Donald Trump’s approval

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Meta Ends Fact-Checking Program, Embraces Free Expression

Meta discontinues fact-checking program and shifts focus to promoting free expression. Trump praises Meta's efforts and supports the policy changes.

Al Jazeera

Social media giant Meta scraps fact-checking for ‘community notes’

Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, says allowing fact-checkers to assess content ‘became a tool to censor’.

Salon

Meta ditches fact-checking post-Trump

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg cast his decision as "restoring free expression" on his platforms

International Business Times

Meta Going MAGA: Facebook to Adopt Elon Musk-Style Fact Checking As Close Trump Ally Joins Executive Board

Meta, the social media company that launched an independent fact-checking program in 2016, will get rid of fact checkers to usher in other changes to its moderation policies.

The Independent UK

Meta axing fact checkers on Facebook and Instagram to rely solely on ‘community notes’

News feeds will also be filled with more political content

The Guardian - UK

Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content

Mark Zuckerberg says company will ‘dramatically reduce censorship’ across Facebook, Instagram and Threads

International Business Times

Meta Announces Ending Fact-checking Program In The US

Social media giant Meta announced Tuesday a significant rollback of its content moderation policies, including the termination of its third-party fact-checking program in the United States.

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