Meta and Amazon are among other major firms that have rolled back their DEI programs ahead of White House return of Donald Trump, who has been highly critical of DEI policies in the past.
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In letters to Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Uber, the lawmakers express concerns about the companies making contributions to “avoid scrutiny, limit regulation, and buy favor.” These sizable donations surpass the amount most of these companies contributed to President Joe Biden’s inauguration fund in 2021.
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Even with any assurances from Donald Trump, companies like Apple, Google, and Oracle would be taking a risk by not complying with the TikTok ban.
President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead what he calls the Department of Government Efficiency — yes, the acronym is DOGE — to “pave the way” for his administration to “dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.”
The incoming president said he will “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day extension called for in a law upheld by the Supreme Court yesterday to see it sold or banned by a deadline tomorrow. In a phone interview with Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker of NBC News,
A law signed by US President Joe Biden forced TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, to be sold or be banned by today. President-elect Donald Trump suggested he might make an announcement on the app's future tomorrow - the same day of his inauguration.
After President Donald Trump is sworn in on January 20, he will then sit down for a luncheon at the U.S. Capitol hosted by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC).
TikTok disconnected access to its users in the United States late Saturday shortly before a national ban on the app was to take effect, with President
TikTok was unavailable for US-based users late Saturday after the company failed to thwart a nationwide shutdown required under a new national security law that takes effect Sunday.