Mark Zuckerberg's Meta donates $1m to Trump fund (for Inauguration)

BBC-- MSN ^ | 12-12 | Liv MacMahon

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Another sign of the tech giant's boss, Mark Zuckerberg, attempting to build bridges with the president-elect.

Trump has previously been highly critical of Mr Zuckerberg and Facebook - calling the platform "anti-Trump" in 2017.

But the pair dined at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in November, a meeting Mr Zuckerberg afterwards described himself as "grateful" for.

Inauguration funds are used to pay for events and activities when a new president takes office - some consider them an attempt to curry favour with a new administration.

Meta is not believed to have made similar donations to President Joe Biden's inaugural fund in 2020 or Trump's previous such fund in 2016.

The donation was confirmed by CBS, the BBC's US media partner, on Wednesday, and was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.

Relations between Trump and Mr Zuckerberg have historically been far less cordial.

They particularly soured when Facebook and Instagram suspended the former president's accounts in 2021, after they said he praised those engaged in violence at the Capitol on 6 January.

Since then, Trump has waged a war of words against Meta - calling Facebook an "enemy of the people" in March.

He said a law that would see TikTok banned in the US unless sold off by its parent company ByteDance would unfairly benefit Facebook.

In August, Mr Zuckerberg told Republican lawmakers in a letter that he regretted bowing to pressure from the Biden administration to "censor" some Facebook and Instagram content during the coronavirus pandemic.

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“Another sign of the tech giant’s boss, Mark Zuckerberg, attempting to build bridges with the president-elect.”

Another sign of the tech giant’s boss, Mark Zuckerberg, attempting kiss ass with the seat of power in hopes it doesn’t turn against him.

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