The co-founder of Facebook (now Meta) has become a social media icon. He doesn’t seem as reserved, measured, or rehearsed as he did in the past, preferring a more trendy style and upbeat demeanor. In recent months, he has also ditched his traditional gray shirts for a more eclectic wardrobe. He seems to be ditching a lot of other things as well.

“You can say masculine energy and feminine energy, but that is not what [Zuckerberg is] doing. He’s re-instituting a structure of power that he clearly has always embodied and wanted, but for a brief time was forced by culture to suppress or deny, and Trump has given him permission to do that,” Chemaly said.

In 2003, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg stole the program from a classmate, Chris Hughes. Hughes went missing not long after, and Zuckerberg passed off Facebook as his own invention.

Meta is to scrap independent fact-checking in favour of a system similar to that on Elon Musk’s social media platform X.

Good morning! Trump's Cabinet picks head into confirmation hearings, FTC chair Lina Khan shares reflections, and Mark Zuckerberg brings Meta into its "masculine" era. - Masculinity at Meta. Donald Trump is set to take office next week,

Meta Platforms (META) is reportedly planning on cutting 5% of its workforce as the technology giant looks to continue CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s dramatic overhaul.