In this episode of “Who Didn’t See This Coming?”…
Facebook co-founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms (DBA: Meta, formerly named Facebook, Inc.) has kicked in a cool million dollars to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund. This was Zuckerberg’s latest attempt to make amends with the incoming president, after admitting to Congress that Facebook censored users at the request of the Biden-Harris administration.
Before finishing the article, let’s first do this: Raise your hand if you think Zuck’s “peace offering” is sincere.
(For the record, no one raised a hand. Don’t ask me how I know; I just do.)
As I reported on August 26, Zuck later said he “regretted” bowing to pressure from the White House, writing in a letter:
I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it.
Uh-huh. Zuck’s mea…