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Trump’s billionaire buddies could be the answer to Canada’s trade tariff woes, expert saysWhile signing executive orders, U.S. President Donald Trump said Canada and Mexico could see a 25 per cent trade tariff as early as Feb. 1. As the date fast approaches, one expert believes Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos could be the solution to the problem.CanadaJan 25
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Meta ditches fact-checking in efforts to maximize free speech, Zuckerberg saysAs Silicon Valley prepares for a return to a Donald Trump presidency, Meta has announced it’s getting rid of its fact-checkers. Company founder Mark Zuckerberg says it will dramatically reduce what he calls the amount of censorship on Facebook and Instagram and help prioritize free speech. Critics complain it sends the message that facts don’t...TechJan 7
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Global National: Jan. 7Amid threats to slap 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian goods when he re-enters the Oval Office on Jan. 20, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s rhetoric about Canada becoming the 51st state reached a new level on Tuesday. In the meantime, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is convening an in-person meeting with the nation’s premiers...Global NationalJan 7
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‘No freedom of speech’: Arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France receives backlashPavel Durov, a 39-year-old billionaire cast as “Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg,” was arrested at Le Bourget airport outside Paris shortly after landing on a private jet late on Saturday from Azerbaijan. Durov was arrested as part of an ongoing judicial investigation, and there was no political motive, French President Macron said in a post on X...CrimeAug 26, 2024
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Zuckerberg questioned on Facebook’s decision to ‘censor’ post by Donald Trump Jr…on TwitterSpeaking at a hearing Wednesday by the House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was questioned by Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R- WI) on his company’s decision to “censor” a post by Donald Trump Jr. extolling the virtues of Hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment – only for Zuckerberg to respond that the post in...PoliticsJul 29, 2020
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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to review content policies after backlashFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said he would consider changes to the policy that led the company to leave up controversial posts by U.S. President Donald Trump during recent demonstrations protesting the death of unarmed Black man George Floyd while in police custody, a partial concession to critics.WorldJun 7, 2020
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Latest Facebook quarterly earnings shows exceptional growthThu, Jan 28: Mark Zuckerberg is probably celebrating today after Facebook’s fourth-quarter earnings report showed exceptional growth for the company. Nicole Bogart reports.TechJan 28, 2016
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Facebook founder meets Pope Francis to discuss poverty reliefPope Francis met with Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Zuckerberg’s wife, Priscilla Chan, at the Vatican on Monday to discuss how communication technology could help relieve poverty in some of the world’s most disadvantaged communities.TechAug 29, 2016
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Facebook founder denies social media giant censors conservative news from ‘trending’ feedsFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is defending his company against accusations of political bias, and even invited conservative leaders to meet about a report the site favours liberal views in its “Trending Topics.” Jan Crawford reports.PoliticsMay 13, 2016
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Twitter threatens to sue Meta over ThreadsTwitter has threatened to sue Meta over its new Threads platform, citing a letter sent to the Facebook parent company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg by Twitter’s lawyer Alex Spiro. Meta, which launched Threads on Wednesday, and has logged more than 30 million sign-ups, looks to take on Elon Musk’s Twitter by taking advantage of Instagram’s billions...TechJul 7, 2023
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg vows to prevent violent postings like Cleveland murderDuring a developers conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company would do all it could to prevent postings of incidents like the deadly shooting in Cleveland Sunday.TechApr 18, 2017
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What’s behind the Musk/Zuckerberg feud?Robert Safian, editor of Fast magazine, discusses the reason behind the feud between tech billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk over the future of artificial intelligence.TechJul 26, 2017
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‘That’s a really hard question’: Zuckerberg asked to define hate speechMark Zuckerberg struggled to answer a question by Senator Ben Sasse when he asked the Facebook CEO to define hate speech.ConsumerApr 10, 2018
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Does Mark Zuckerberg need a PR makeover before entering politics?A marketing expert talks about Mark Zuckerberg’s political aspirations and how he needs to brand himelfThe Morning ShowMay 3, 2017
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Mark Zuckerberg talks about meeting his wife at HarvardFacebook founder Mark Zuckerberg talked about how he met his future wife Priscilla Chan during his time at Harvard while delivering the commencement address Thursday.EntertainmentMay 25, 2017
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This is how Facebook is about to change your feedMark Zuckerberg has vowed to fix his social media platform in 2018The Morning ShowJan 12, 2018
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Can Facebook save face?Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg remains at the centre of the data harvesting scandal. He has now agreed to testify in front of US Congress on the data breach debacle but is his leadership at Facebook doomed?Global News at 5 & 6 TorontoMar 28, 2018
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Sacha Baron Cohen targets Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other big tech for spreading lies and hate speechActor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen delivered a blistering speech against social media and internet companies on Thursday evening at the Anti-Defamation League’s Never is Now summit in New York, accusing of them spreading “hate, conspiracies and lies.”EntertainmentNov 23, 2019
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Will Zuckerberg stay on as Facebook chairman?Several public funds that hold shares in Facebook are backing a proposal to remove CEO Mark Zuckerberg as chairman, saying the social media giant mishandled several high-profile scandals.WorldOct 17, 2018
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‘No backsies’: SNL’s Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook data is still his despite Cambridge Analytica scandalSaturday Night Live’s Mark Zuckerberg appeared on Weekend Update to address the issues surrounding the Cambridge Analytica scandal and said changes were coming, but users data still belonged to him, saying “no backsies.”WorldApr 7, 2018