it may also help to ensure that Meta doesn’t face the wrath of Trump,

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As per Semafor:

“[Kaplan] has been one of the most forceful voices inside Meta against suriname b2b leads restrictions on political speech, arguing internally that such policies would disproportionately mute conservative voices.”

Semafor further notes that Meta also recently appointed another Republican, Kevin Martin, to the role of vice president of global public policy, while its general counsel, Jennifer Newstead, was a top legal adviser to the Trump State Department back in 2017.

The re-alignment will see Meta better placed to work with the incoming Trump team, as it looks to minimize disruption to its various operations, and maximize opportunity through its evolving projects, including AI, VR, and more.

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With this in mind, it’s a smart move for Meta to better align itself with the incoming government, though the appointments will raise some eyebrows among Silicon Valley pundits. That’s especially true given Meta’s more recent shift away from political content entirely, and it’ll be interesting to see whether this new team will look to force a re-think of that approach.