Meta agreed that after the riot on Wednesday, he paid $ 25 million to President Trump to resolve the Facebook and Instagram account suspension.
This was an important concession by a major high -tech company, and Trump's victory. Mr. Trump had previously criticized him for censorship of his social media platform, but recently pleaded for high -tech Titan, such as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, the highest executive of meta.
Zuckerberg has raised his support behind Trump and rebuilt his company for the new administration. This month, Zuckerberg has made a sweeping policy change and eliminates diversity and comprehensive initiatives in order to enable more speeches in Meta, including Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Whatsapp. In some cases, it has been proven that the change is controversial in his labor.
On Wednesday's Meta's quarterly financial results, Zuckerberg praised the Trump administration by supporting an American high -tech company and protecting our value.
He added, “This will be a big year to redefine the relationship with the government.”
Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and other apps, has announced a 49 % jumping and 49 % profits in the fourth quarter, but has announced a light profit forecast for the current quarter.
In December, ABC News agreed to pay $ 15 million to resolve Trump's honorary ATION lawsuit. ABC News agreed to donate money to Trump's future presidential Foundation and museum. George Stephanopros, an anchor of the star, also issued a statement that “regrets” Trump in an interview in March.
The reconciliation with Meta Trump was previously reported by the Wall Street Journal.
On Wednesday, Meta stated that the fourth quarter revenue and profits were mainly promoted by posts related to advertising targeting and the progress of the system to propose videos to users. The company said that the improvement was caused by continuous investment in artificial intelligence.
According to data edited by market analysis company Factset, the fourth quarter revenue was $ 48.4 billion, exceeding $ 40.1 billion in the previous year, an estimated Wall Street estimated $ 47 billion. Profit was $ 14 billion to $ 20.8 billion of the previous year.
However, the Silicon Valley Company also said that the quarterly profit would be $ 39.5 billion to $ 41.8 billion. The prediction low -end was below the expectation of $ 41.7 billion analysts.
Income forecasts, especially the meta is planning to increase expenditures, raised questions among investors. Last week, Meta stated that this year's expenditure will exceed $ 60 billion to $ 65 billion in data centers and other infrastructure from about $ 38 billion this year in 2024. Competition to develop AI
SMEs, such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Openai, have recently bombarded billions of leading in AI. The cost of many US companies.
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