This Month
Meta appoints executive with Republican ties to lead global policy
Joel Kaplan is the new head of global policy, replacing Nick Clegg, a former deputy prime minister of Britain who has handled policy and regulatory issues globally for Meta since 2018.
- Mike Isaac
October 2023
Women are asking for promotion, but men keep getting them: study
Men are promoted based on potential, but women must first prove their worth, the study and survey of US and Canadian companies found.
- Ella Ceron and Emily Chang
December 2022
- Opinion
- Social media
Musk should replace himself with Sandberg or Friar
The ideal replacement Twitter chief must provide a soothing presence for advertisers while giving staff confidence to create new features that users will pay for.
- The Lex Column
July 2022
- Analysis
- Social media
Zuckerberg hunts for TikTok answers as Facebook suffers first revenue fail
Facebook’s historic earnings miss comes as Mark Zuckerberg is trying to reinvent it in the metaverse and copy the success of TikTok with younger users.
- Updated
- Naomi Nix
May 2022
- Analysis
- Global economy
Big tech trims its sails as it braces for a choppier second quarter
The first quarter was solid, but IT companies’ warnings of the challenges they now face underscore how rocky 2022 could get for even some of corporate America’s most valuable names.
- Patrick McGee and Richard Waters
October 2021
Facebook, under universal fire, focuses on the metaverse
CEO Mark Zuckerberg sought to paint a rosier picture of the social network’s future, outlining new efforts to attract young users and build immersive digital experiences.
- Naomi Nix and Kurt Wagner
September 2020
'You can’t ignore us': Sheryl Sandberg on closing the gender pay gap
Trailblazers from around the world who have pushed for pragmatic solutions in their own fields tell us what works – and what more needs to be done.
- Laura Hughes
June 2020
- Opinion
- Trump's America
This is why Facebook will never fact-check Donald Trump
If it wants to stay this big and unregulated, the social media giant cannot afford to upset the rulers of countries where it operates, no matter how abhorrent their actions.
- Rana Foroohar
January 2020
UK to push on with digital tax in face of US anger
The UK and US were on a collision course over digital tax after Washington threatened retaliatory tariffs if the British government did not back down on plans to impose the levy from April.
- Chris Giles and Jim Pickard