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How a Businessman Fleeing Fraud Charges Built a Life Offshore
Around midday on Feb. 2, a large wave began its slow rumble toward the Aisland 1, an 800-ton deck barge floating in the waters between…
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Meta Drops Rules Protecting LGBTQ Community as Part of Content Moderation Overhaul
For years, social media companies made it a top priority to combat hate speech. But in recent months, they have waffled over how to tackle…
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Trump Blurs Lines in $20 Billion Data Center Announcement and Other Deals
President-elect Donald J. Trump was at the lectern talking through the approaching inauguration of his second term. But across the…
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Meta to End Fact-Checking on Facebook, Instagram Ahead of Trump Term: Live Updates
Jan. 6, 2025, 6:35 p.m. ET Dana White, left, the chief executive of Ultimate Fighting Championship, and Mark Zuckerberg have bonded over…
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As Trump Praises Meta Decision, Tech Watchdogs Warn of Surge in Disinformation
While Republicans largely cheered Meta’s announcement on Tuesday that it would effectively end its fact-checking program, several tech…
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Mark Zuckerberg Says Meta Fact-Checkers Were the Problem. Fact-Checkers Rule That False.
Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, blamed the company’s fact-checking partners for some of Facebook’s moderation issues, saying in a…
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Exxon Sues California Official, Claiming He Defamed the Company
Exxon Mobil sued California’s attorney general, the Sierra Club and other environmental groups on Monday, alleging that they conspired to…
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Who Is Joel Kaplan, Meta’s New Global Policy Chief?
Joel Kaplan, Meta’s new chief global affairs officer, played a leading role in Tuesday’s content moderation announcement. In an exclusive…
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Meta Turns to Community Notes, Mirroring X
Social media companies are increasingly relying on fact-checks written by their users, allowing companies to step back from politically…
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Behind Disney’s Deal to Merge Hulu + Live TV and Fubo
Just a week into 2025, the media industry got its first consequential transaction: The Walt Disney Company is buying 70 percent of Fubo,…
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Golden Globes Ratings Decline Slightly to 9.3 Million Viewers
The Golden Globe Awards drew an average of 9.3 million viewers for CBS on Sunday night, a modest decline from last year, according to…
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Washington Post Lays Off 4 Percent of Its Work Force
The Washington Post has started laying off roughly 4 percent of its work force, the company said on Tuesday, as the newspaper struggles to…
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Meta Moves to End Fact-Checking Program
Meta on Tuesday announced a set of changes to its content moderation practices that would effectively put an end to its longstanding…
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Nvidia Bets Big on Robots
Nvidia’s next target Heading into 2025, Nvidia was facing tough questions about whether the chipmaker central to the artificial…
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Transcript: Trump Drops New Hints on How He’ll Screw Over Mike Johnson
Ornstein: He’s asking for the impossible, Greg, because basically he wants to use this process of reconciliation. These are supposed to be…
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Fresh Hell for Mike Johnson as Trump Reveals How He’ll Screw Over GOP
With a few big moves in recent days, Donald Trump is already showing how he’ll make life miserable for Republicans in Congress,…
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Taiwan Suspects a Chinese-Linked Ship of Damaging an Internet Cable
Taiwan is investigating whether a ship linked to China is responsible for damaging one of the undersea cables that connects Taiwan to the…
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U.S. Adds Tencent to Chinese Military Companies Blacklist
The Pentagon on Monday labeled Tencent, the Chinese social media and gaming giant, as a Chinese military business operating in the United…
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Dana White, U.F.C. Head, Joins Meta’s Board
In recent years, Mr. White and Mr. Zuckerberg, the Meta chief executive, have bonded over their passion for professional fighting,…
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Marco Rubio’s New Spokesperson Really Doesn’t Like Him
Incoming State Department spokesperson and Fox News host Tammy Bruce has spent years insulting her new boss Marco Rubio. Politico reported…
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Republicans Have No Clue How They’re Going to Pass Trump’s Agenda
“Earlier that day, President Trump held a rally, where supporters walked to the Capitol to peacefully protest the certification of the…
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Judge Torches “Preposterous” Rudy Giuliani in Brutal Ruling
Rudy Giuliani was held in contempt Monday for failing to comply with discovery requirements in his ongoing defamation case brought by two…
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Trump Is Already Caving on Tariffs
But that favorable response quickly reversed after Trump stated on Truth Social that the Post story “incorrectly states that my tariff…
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Trump Can’t Stop Trolling One of the US’s Closest Allies
“Earlier that day, President Trump held a rally, where supporters walked to the Capitol to peacefully protest the certification of the…