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Meta donated $1 million to Trump's 2025 inaugural fund — notable because Meta did not donate to Trump's first inauguration. Mark Zuckerberg attended the inauguration in person.

Meta announced 5% cuts targeting lowest-performing employees in January 2025. In October 2025, Meta laid off roughly 600 employees within its AI unit.

Ended DEI programs in January 2025, joining other tech companies in rolling back diversity initiatives.

Meta ended all DEI programs in January 2025, eliminating its DEI team, representation goals, and supplier diversity programs. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative also ended DEI programs and canceled its $1.5M Science Diversity Leadership Awards.

Removed fact-checkers January 2025. Added Community Notes. Zuckerberg called previous moderation "censorship." Pro-Trump pivot.

Meta previously avoided government contracts. Now pursuing defense work under Zuckerberg 2.0. Policy shift.

Donated $1M to Trump inaugural fund after Zuckerberg met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago. First time Meta donated to any presidential inaugural.

Zuckerberg $1M Trump donation. Lifted Trump suspension. Sheryl Sandberg replaced by no DEI advocate. Joel Kaplan elevated.

Human Rights Watch documented 1,050+ takedowns of Palestinian content on Instagram/Facebook. Six patterns of censorship including shadowbanning and account suspensions.

Meta Llama open but fewer guardrails. Content moderation failures. AI recommendations amplify outrage.

Meta global workforce includes H-1B workers. Zuckerberg immigrant advocates historically.

Meta no major union activity. Tech workers historically unorganized. Content moderation issues.

Meta content moderators as contractors. Outsourced traumatic work. Better than some peers.

Meta Llama open source AI. Less safety guardrails than competitors. Move fast culture.

Accused of suppressing Palestinian content. Internal employee protests. No official company statement.

Meta suppressed Palestinian content. Algorithms amplify outrage. Community Notes not Community Standards.

Required employees to return to office 3 days per week starting September 2023.

Meta required 3 days in office. Zuckerberg called remote work less effective. RTO badges enforced.

Laid off 21,000 employees (25% of workforce) in 2022-2023, calling it "Year of Efficiency." Zuckerberg took responsibility but proceeded with multiple rounds.

FTC sued Meta over Instagram/WhatsApp acquisitions. Monopoly in social media. Multiple ongoing investigations.

Cambridge Analytica harvested 87M users' data without consent for political targeting. $5B FTC fine (largest ever). $725M class action settlement. Zuckerberg testified to Congress. Data shared with 6,000+ developers without user knowledge.