Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, a spokesperson for the social media giant confirmed to CBS News on Wednesday night.
This news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
The move comes two weeks after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg stepped down. traveled I went to Florida and dined with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Stephen Miller, a Trump adviser at the time, told Fox News that Zuckerberg “made it clear that he wanted to support America’s national rebuild under Trump’s leadership.”
Trump is Removed from Facebook On January 6, 2021, following the attack on the U.S. Capitol, it was determined that his posts potentially incited the violence that occurred that day.
company restored his account However, there are certain “guardrails”. In July that limit Released by Meta.
Trump has a combined 65 million followers on Facebook and Instagram.
Last August, Zuckerberg submitted The 2021 letter to Congress alleges that the Biden administration has “repeatedly pressured our team for months to censor certain COVID-19 content, including humor and satire.” He said, “The government’s pressure is wrong,” and said he would oppose any similar efforts in the future.
Silicon Valley is anxious about how it will be treated by a second Trump administration, and this donation may represent an attempt by Zuckerberg to ease those tensions.
Trump’s select The appointment of Brendan Carr, a prominent critic of Big Tech, to lead the Federal Communications Commission has potentially heightened these concerns.
CBS News has reached out to the Trump transition team for comment on the donation.
