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☆ A TikTok ban would be a win for Mark Zuckerberg
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will very likely end up the ultimate winner in the most recent push to force a sale or ban of Chinese-owned TikTok. The House passed a TikTok "ban" or forced sale as part of a bill on military aid for Ukraine and Israel. A year ago, BI's Grace Kay wrote that TikTok legislation would be like "an early Christmas present" for Zuckerberg. Instagram had more growth and downloads last year than TikTok, and after Instagram faced an existential crisis, it's having a surprising comeback.) If ByteDance ends up selling TikTok to a US company, it's hard to imagine it will be a smooth transition.

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☆ Mark Zuckerberg rocked up to a Taylor Swift concert looking like a 'Fearless,' beaded-bracelet-wearing fanboy
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Zuck showed up looking bejeweled at the Eras Tour in California. Mark Zuckerberg is a busy man, but he still has time to get his Swiftie on. "Life of a girl dad," Zuckerberg wrote on Instagram, showing off his concert glam — which included little gemstones bejeweling his face. On top of that, off-duty Zuck also sported an impressive stack of beaded bracelets for what one might guess are his favorite Swift eras. It's unclear how long Zuck has been a Swift fan, or how much of her music he listens to on the reg.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Zuck, Taylor, Priscilla Chan, Zuckerberg, Barbie, humanize, Elon Musk Organizations: Elon Locations: California, Santa Clara, Cali

☆ The strange, improbable rise of Mark Zuckerberg 3.0
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +27 min

In early July, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the latest and perhaps most consequential product in Meta's history: a new model of Mark Zuckerberg. Silicon Valley Zuck was a husband and father with a legacy to build and protect at all costs. Silicon Valley Zuck was suddenly faced with something he'd never dealt with before, shrinking revenue. Still clinging to his persona as Silicon Valley Zuck, Zuckerberg engaged in an all-out media blitz to hawk his vision for the metaverse. They were the sort of people Harvard Zuck would have scoffed at and Silicon Valley Zuck would have gently ignored.

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☆ You're wrong Zuck — the metaverse really is just sitting alone on a couch
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mark Zuckerberg says Apple's new headset will make everyone lonelier. But even Meta's headset is, in the end, someone sitting alone on a couch too. As he pushes Meta's efforts to build out this alternative internet, naturally he's been keeping an eye on Apple's $3,500 Vision Pro goggles. That the Vision Pro is an isolating device isn't wrong. But where he's misguided is thinking Meta's vision is any better.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Mark Zuckerberg's, Zuckerberg, Alex Heath, it's, you'll, Apple, Jefferies, we're Organizations: Menlo, Apple

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