USA: UFC boss to join board of Facebook owner Meta

Meta has announced the appointment of three new board members including the chief executive of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and close Donald Trump ally, Dana White. It comes as…

USA: Facebook and Instagram get rid of fact checkers

Meta is abandoning the use of independent fact-checkers on Facebook and Instagram, replacing them with X-style “community notes” where commenting on the accuracy of posts is left to users. In…

USA: Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta donates $1m to Trump inauguration fund

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has donated $1m (£786,000) to an inauguration fund for President-elect Donald Trump. The tech giant’s boss, Mark Zuckerberg, dined with Trump at his…