How Meta betrayed its ideals to tread the path of Musk

In troubled times like these, we cannot allow our digital safeguards to be ditched

26 January 2025 - 00:00 By Lindiwe Mazibuko

My eventful time in politics taught me many things. Among them, that the abandonment of truth weighs lighter on some. None more so, it seems, than Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a man whose moral compass apparently points in whatever direction is specified by the occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave in Washington DC...

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