Meta elects new board directors: UFC CEO and outspoken Donald Trump supporter Dana White, former Microsoft executive Charlie Songhurst, and Exor CEO John Elkann
Is a Choke Button Coming Soon? Robert McGreevy / The Daily Caller : Major Trump Ally Dana White Joins Meta's Board As Zuck Sheds Left-Wing Bias Clyde Hughes / UPI : Meta names Dana White, two others to its board of directors Christopher Bucktin / The Mirror : UFC's Dana White joins Meta's board weeks before Trump takes office Kate Conger / New York Times : Dana White, the Ultimate Fighting Championship C.E.O., Joins Meta's Board Hindustan Times : Meta welcomes 3 new members to board. One is Ultimate Fighting Championship boss The Economic Times : Trump ally UFC boss Dana White on Meta board; Big Tech cosies up to Republicans Naomi Nix / Washington Post : UFC's Dana White joins Meta's board as company moves closer to Trump Ian Carlos Campbell / Engadget : Meta adds UFC CEO and Trump booster Dana White to its board Bluesky: Will B Sailors / @seat108 : Better than Spielberg. Judd Legum / @juddlegum : Zuckerberg continues to do everything and anything possible to ingratiate himself with Trump. Today he named Dana White, the president of the UFC, to Meta's board. White is one of Trump's closest allies and introduced Trump and the Republican National Convention. [image] Yashar Ali / @yasharali : Dana White, one of President-elect Trump's closest allies, is joining the board of META, the parent company of Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. — White is the President and CEO of UFC and he introduced Trump this past summer at the Republican National Convention. [image] Kate Starbird / @katestarbird : Coping with the news that Dana White (president of the UFC) has been appointed to Meta's board? Perhaps it's useful to see how the dynamics of social media and improvisational entertainment (pro wrestling, improv) are already intertwined with today's politics: theconversation.com/how-right- wi... Art Candee / @artcandee : UFC CEO Dana White has joined Meta's board of directors. — You know, the guy who punched his wife in Cabo who's Trump's friend. — Gross. Jamison Foser / @jamisonfoser : there is also the possibility that the guy whose company consistently let Donald Trump and various other right-wing actors violate its policies over the last decade has been Bad, Actually since long before he got into MMA/Rogan [embedded post] @hypercubexl : L O L — (seriously get the fuck off meta platforms asap) [embedded post] Kevin Roose / @kevinroose.com : Everyone assumes Zuckerberg is a cynical operator who is cozying up to Trump for business reasons, but I wouldn't discount the possibility that spending so much time around MMA guys/in the Rogansphere has truly pilled him. [embedded post] Tim O'Brien / @timobrien : This must be due to Dana White's vast experience managing social media platforms: www.bloomberg.com/news/article... Casey Morell / @caseym.org : yes: the dana white listed here joining the meta board of directors is That dana white Threads: @mostly.borrowed.ideas : lots of chatter on Dana white joining Meta's board, but my favorite of the trio joining Meta board today is Charlie Songhurst. His ILtB episode was one of the best ever which I highly recommend. Chris Welch / @chriswelch : If we all demand it loudly enough, I bet we can get Zuck on that Power Slap show. X: @danawhite : I love social media. And I'm excited to be a small part of the future of AI and emerging technologies. @Meta [image] Dan Pfeiffer / @danpfeiffer : Could not be less subtle Amit / @amitisinvesting : HOLY FREAKING CRAP $META JUST NAMED UFC CEO DANA WHITE TO IT'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS $META +5% This is one of the SMARTEST things that Zuckerberg has ever done... @autismcapital : Trump forced Zuck to put Dana on the board so Dana can rear naked choke him if he ever steps out of line again. Jeff Richards / @jrichlive : brings new meaning to “having a board member in your corner” 😊 Fil Aronshtein / @filarons : Frankly I'm the most impressed that they managed to get Charlie Songhurst Rat King / @mikeisaac : interesting, though im not sure if you need a board seat to do a partnership deal my complete guess: DW is in with Trump world and meta needs ties there but on a more basic level, DW and MZ are buddies. sometimes it is not more complicated than “my boy will have my back” Phil Edwards / @philedwardsinc : So hard not to be conspiratorial and think that Zuck's entire interest in fighting was just 4d chess... Jack / @jac5connor : Everyone's asking why Dana White joined FB's board of directors. It's live event streaming. FB's going to start streaming UFC. Rat King / @mikeisaac : @Jac5Connor you know, after the Tyson fight did insane Netflix numbers, I bet mark saw that and perked up — your theory makes more sense now that i think of it, though i do think perhaps what you said, a mix of a few things Marc Andreessen / @pmarca : Dana White is one of the premier entrepreneurs and business builders of our era — welcome Dana! 🤼♂️👊💪🇺🇸 @richlightshed : Zuck in full beast mode Jason Kint / @jason_kint : Zuckerberg has said he'd “go to the mats and fight” if anyone tried to break up his company (note: FTC trial to do this begins in April) and he has several pending lawsuits deposing his board members, one in which he was just denied hearing by SCOTUS ... so this all makes sense. [image] Deva Hazarika / @devahaz : In other news: Amazon names Joe Rogan to board Microsoft names Hulk Hogan to board Google names Kid Rock to board Charlie Kirk / @charliekirk11 : Congrats to Dana White for joining the board at Meta! Dana is a total patriot, a fighter for free speech, and one of the savviest businessmen on the planet. First Joel Kaplan was promoted, and now this—these are VERY positive developments for the future of free speech online. Mike Benz / @mikebenzcyber : Note this comes right after Nick Clegg (fmr UK Deputy Prime Minister who promoted Keir Starmer's Labour Party & authored “How To Stop Brexit” published *after* Brexit happened) just stepped down this week. Facebook looks to be taking serious steps about pivoting toward neutrality [image] @luke_metro : By god Meta is really going to get rid of their antitrust problem by putting Dana White on their board, absolute genius [image] Rat King / @mikeisaac : Dana white, the head of the UFC, just joined meta's board of directors (he and Zuckerberg are bros through fighting — am curious what he's going to do at board meetings) [image] Forums: r/MMAPoliticsAndCulture : Dana White is now on the board of directors at Meta