Meta, China and Mark Zuckerberg

Zuckerberg’s Meta considered sharing user data with China, whistleblower alleges
Meta went to extreme lengths, including developing a censorship system, in a failed attempt to bring Facebook to millions of internet users in China, according to a whistleblower complaint.
Meta Apps Unsafe? Whistleblower Accuses Mark Zuckerberg Of Putting Your Data At Risk
Meta, the company behind Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, allegedly took extreme measures to enter China’s market – even if it meant compromising user data and silencing political dissent. A whistleblower complaint claims Mark Zuckerberg was willing to grant the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) control over Facebook’s content in China and considered giving Chinese officials access to user data.
Mark Zuckerberg was ready to censor content for China; whistleblower exposes
Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta Platforms is facing fresh scrutiny after a whistleblower accused the company of using extreme measures to censor content and quash political dissent in a bid to gain access to the Chinese market.
Zuckerberg’s Meta was willing to shut down political dissent to enter China: report
Meta (NASDAQ:META) was willing to censor political content and shut down political dissent in a failed attempt to enter the lucrative Chinese market, The Washington Post reported Sunday, citing a whistleblower complaint by a former global policy director at the company.
Why Meta gave its Messenger app a new Facebook-blue logo
Messenger once allowed users to chat across platforms, but now Meta is emphasizing the app’s ties to Facebook. Meta’s ...
The gray box comment issue on Facebook, explained
In early March 2025, social media users noticed gray boxes started appearing when leaving a Facebook comment using an Apple ...
Meta is reportedly planning a stand-alone AI chatbot app
Meta plans to release a standalone app for its AI assistant, Meta AI, in a bid to better compete with AI-powered chatbots ...
Check out Meta’s not-so-cunning plan to take on ChatGPT
Meta is ramping up efforts to take on the likes of OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini, according to a new report.
Facebook whistleblower barred from promoting new tell-all book
A former Facebook executive released a tell-all book about her “critical years” at Facebook/Meta, but an arbitrator has ...
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Meta AI Could Get Its Own Standalone App Like ChatGPT
Meta AI could be finding a new home this year. The company is planning to release a standalone app for its generative AI ...
Mark Zuckerberg Aims to Release a Dedicated Meta AI App to Take on ChatGPT
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg plans to release a standalone Meta AI app to challenge ChatGPT and become the leader by the end of ...
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Meta says testing has begun for Community Notes on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
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Meta AI to get standalone app & paid plans, report claims
A new report claims that Meta AI will arrive to mobile devices in the form of a standalone app, and could offer paid plans.
WhatsApp, Facebook AND Instagram down as Meta ‘crashes’ in global outage – with TikTok app also failing
A MAJOR outage has left WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok all out of action. Many users have taken to social media to ...