Tech titans kill off Silicon Valley’s once-proud activism
Fearful employees have done little to protest against the dramatic rightward shift of leaders such as Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg in favour of Donald Trump.
Mark Zuckerberg marched at San Francisco’s gay pride parade more than a decade ago, waving from a float topped by a rainbow flag and stamping the arms of those in the crowd with a picture of the company’s “like” symbol.
Following the re-election of Donald Trump this year, the Meta chief has called for more “masculine energy” in the workplace, while eliminating some safeguards against hate speech across his apps.
