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OPINION - Craven sycophants, colossal egos: Donald Trump has ushered in the era of the Tech Baron

Ceremony reveals where power truly lies. In the Capitol Rotunda in Washington D.C. yesterday, as Donald Trump was sworn back into office, the pecking order of the new regime was very clear indeed.

Evening Standard

Tech Titans, With Combined Worth of £725B, To Be Seated Together At Donald Trump's Inauguration

The second coming of Donald Trump will be ushered in by Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos.

International Business Times UK

Elon Musk says AI has already gobbled up all human-produced data to train itself and now relies on hallucination-prone synthetic data

“The cumulative sum of human knowledge has been exhausted in AI training,” Musk said. “That happened basically last year.”

Fortune

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Will Nick Clegg put a rocket under European tech now he’s out of Meta?

Our former deputy PM has parted ways with Mark Zuckerberg. Speaking to sources close to him, Chris Blackhurst ponders what’s next

Evening Standard

Meta never cared about factchecking. What it wants is friction-free oligarchy

The company’s plan to end its factchecking program is about appeasing Trump. That signals the making of a mafia state

The Guardian - US

Mark Zuckerberg’s alliance with Donald Trump proves just how low he’ll go

ANALYSIS: The Facebook and Instagram boss has shown just how deep he’s willing to stoop for the benefit of his commercial empire — and just how little his last eight years of promises really meant, writes Io Dodds

The Independent UK

Royal arms, traffic jams and plastic bans – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

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Meta scrapped factcheckers ‘because systems were too complex’

Comments by co-chair of oversight board Helle Thorning-Schmidt come as X CEO welcomes rival’s move

The Guardian - UK

Will flattery get you everywhere with Donald Trump? Billionaires are determined to find out

The US has been for sale to the highest bidder for some time, while democracy dies in plain sight. The difference now? How shamelessly transactional the incoming president is, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content

Mark Zuckerberg says company will ‘dramatically reduce censorship’ across Facebook, Instagram and Threads

The Guardian - UK

Nick Clegg’s departure signals a new political era at Meta

Centrist and globalist Clegg is being replaced by a conservative champion ahead of Trump’s second term

The Guardian - US

To see how Trump will control the US media, look at Viktor Orbán’s Hungary

Meta looks to be following X’s tilt towards the right. It leaves the way open for an insidious hollowing out of democracy, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Meta Appoints Dana White To Board Of Directors

Meta appoints Dana White, Charlie Songhurst, and John Elkann to its board, signaling a shift in policy direction and commitment to innovation.

Top News

Meta's Top Policy Executive Nick Clegg Steps Down

Nick Clegg steps down as Meta's top policy executive, replaced by Joel Kaplan with deep Republican ties. Meta navigates changing political landscape amidst...

Fortune

Meta's powerful policy boss Nick Clegg is out as Zuckerberg prepares for Trump 2.0

The former U.K. deputy prime minister, who joined Meta in 2018, will be replaced by longtime Republican operative Joel Kaplan, whom he described as "the right person for the right job at the right time."

The Guardian - US

Nick Clegg, former UK deputy prime minister, leaves Meta

Clegg was the tech giant’s chief public policy architect when it was facing scrutiny over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Evening Standard

Sir Nick Clegg to step down as Meta global affairs president

Former deputy prime minister Sir Nick Clegg said his time with Facebook’s parent company had been the ‘adventure of a lifetime’.

The Independent UK

Nick Clegg leaves top Facebook job after ‘adventure of a lifetime’

He said he will be moving on to a new adventure

The National (Scotland)

'Thatcherite language': Rachel Reeves slated for public spending crackdown

RACHEL Reeves has been accused of using “Thatcherite language” in her latest crackdown on public spending.

The Independent UK

UK must rejoin EU, warns Nick Clegg, claiming bloc will either ‘reform or die’

Former deputy PM suggests European Union must change or risk falling apart

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