Meta donates $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund
The move comes two weeks after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg traveled to Florida and dined with President-elect Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago.
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The move comes two weeks after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg traveled to Florida and dined with President-elect Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago.
The tech CEO has been seeking to change his company's perception on the right following a rocky relationship with President-elect Donald Trump.
Meta AI will talk to you in the voice of a handful of celebrities, Mark Zuckerberg announced today.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a letter submitted to the House Judiciary Committee that he regrets he was not more outspoken against U.S. government pressure to take down certain COVID-19 content in 2021. CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling Kent has more.
U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan is meeting with top Chinese officials in Beijing Tuesday. After arriving, Sullivan spoke with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi. It's the fourth time the two have met since President Biden first took office. Both sides are looking to stabilize relations in the final months of the Biden administration. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has more.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says federal pressure on his social media platforms to take down certain COVID-19 content in 2021 was "wrong," and he'd resist similar attempts in the future.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg's newest AI-powered Meta AI agents started venturing into social media this week to engage with real people.
The feature will be turned on by default globally for teens under 18. Adult users will get a notification encouraging them to activate it, Meta said.
The U.S. has a record 813 billionaires — the most of any country.
The CEOs of Meta, TikTok, Snap, Discord and X were grilled by lawmakers for hours on Wednesday during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about their child safety policies. CBS News' Jo Ling Kent reports on the fiery hearing and shares what the tech executives had to say.
It's been 20 years since Mark Zuckerberg created the program that would become Facebook in his Harvard dorm room, birthing a trillion-dollar company that's changed the world. Steven Levy, author of "Facebook: The Inside Story," joined CBS News to discuss the company's impact on our lives.
Five of the most powerful tech CEOs faced intense questioning on Capitol Hill on Wednesday over the risks their social media platforms pose to minors. CBS News senior business and tech correspondent Jo Ling Kent reports on what executives told senators.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg directly addressed families after prodding from Sen. Josh Hawley.
"You have a product that's killing people," one lawmaker told Mark Zuckerberg as the Meta CEO testified in a hearing on protecting kids online.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, along with the heads of Snap, TikTok, X and Discord, testified in a tense Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday about online child exploitation. Senators focused much of their fire on Zuckerberg, who apologized directly to families who were in the audience and held up photos of children who had died by suicide due to online sexual exploitation. Jo Ling Kent was at the hearing and has the latest.
In a dramatic moment on Capitol Hill, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, at Sen. Josh Hawley's urging, stood up and apologized to the family members of children who had been harmed by social media. Zuckerberg is testifying before a Senate panel with the CEOs of other social media platforms about child exploitation and safety.
Top executives from companies like Meta, TikTok and X testified about online child safety before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Lawmakers grilled the tech leaders about exploitation and endangerment of minors on social media platforms. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports.
The chief executive officers of tech companies dominating the U.S. market are appearing Wednesday in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee as parents and families of online child exploitation victims listen to their testimony. The hearing is part of an effort to pass legislation after years of inaction by Congress in regulating social media companies. CBS News' Jo Ling Kent reports.
The leaders of Snap, TikTok, X, Meta and Discord will testify before the Senate Wednesday on whether they're doing enough to protect kids who use their platforms. CBS News senior business and tech correspondent Jo Ling Kent sat down for an exclusive interview with the senators spearheading the hearing.
Big tech chief executives, including Discord's Jason Citron, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Snapchat's Evan Spiegel, TikTok's Shou Chew and X's Linda Yaccarino, are testifying Wednesday in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on their child safety policies.
GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told Mark Zuckerberg he had blood on his hands and that social media platforms are "killing people" during a Senate hearing where the Meta CEO and other tech executives are testifying about child safety. Graham went on to call for the repeal of Section 230.
Executives of the some of nation's top social media companies are set to testify Wednesday on Capitol Hill. Senators will hear from the leaders of Meta, TikTok, X, Snapchat and Discord on measures being taken to protect minors. CBS News senior business and tech correspondent Jo Ling Kent has more.
Some of the technology world's top leaders met with U.S. senators Wednesday to discuss artificial intelligence regulation, the same week eight companies voluntarily pledged to implement AI safeguards. Sultan Meghji, former chief innovation officer for the FDIC, joined CBS News to discuss the significance of the meeting.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called on the biggest names in tech for a bipartisan forum Wednesday on how lawmakers should approach artificial intelligence. CBS News senior business and tech correspondent Jo Ling Kent has more.
Among the ideas discussed was whether there should be an independent agency to oversee certain aspects of the rapidly developing technology.