Mark Zuckerberg

Zuckerberg says Biden administration pressured Meta to police COVID posts

'The government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it,' says Facebook founder

Personal Tech27 Aug 2024 | 182

Trump threatens to send Meta's Mark ‘Zuckerbucks’ to prison if reelected president

Updated If you were wondering how the US White House race is going in 2024, it's going like this...

Bootnotes11 Jul 2024 | 185

Data wrangler Zuckerberg becomes world's least likely cattle rancher

What a cowboy!

Bootnotes10 Jan 2024 | 19

Zuckerberg hunkers down in Hawaii to wait out apocalypse

$270M secret building project includes 5,000 sq ft bunker

Bootnotes18 Dec 2023 | 86

Zuck uses India visit to increase Meta's transactional traction

WhatsApp gets better at taking money and so does Meta with verified accounts for biz

Software21 Sep 2023 |

Cage match: Zuck finally realizes Elon is full of twit

How can a billionaire in his 50s be this much of a dweeb?

Bootnotes14 Aug 2023 | 50

We'd pay good money to see... oh dear, Elon Musk 'needs an MRI scan'

Opinion What does this mean for his cage fight against Zuck? YOU DECIDE

Offbeat07 Aug 2023 | 62

One weekend's TwitX chaos brings threats from Japan; indemnity promises for users; prominent account seizures

Plus: Musk in 'we will fund your legal bill' promise

Software07 Aug 2023 | 61

Twitter ad revenue has halved since Elon Musk took over

While Zuckerberg's Threads reels in users at record rates

Personal Tech17 Jul 2023 | 108

Threads versus Twitter: Shouldn't we be happy the wheels are falling off antisocial social media?

Register Kettle Our vultures ponder decentralization over convenience

Personal Tech07 Jul 2023 | 102

China to Meta: Flattery needed to get you into our VR market

Beijing likes Zuck's old stuff better than his new stuff

Personal Tech06 Jul 2023 | 10

Oh, great. Yet another tech billionaire thinks he can get microblogging right

Zuck's Instagram-adjacent Twitter clone to debut later this week

Personal Tech05 Jul 2023 | 117

Mummy and Daddy Musk think Elon's cage fight against Zuck is a terrible idea

Bizarrely, there's been no suggestion that the bout won't happen

Offbeat29 Jun 2023 | 48

Mark Zuckerberg would kick Elon Musk's ass, experts say

Comment The two claim to be headed for a smackdown over copycat services

Bootnotes22 Jun 2023 | 70

Meta threatens to pull all news from California rather than pay El Reg a penny

And, ahem, other publishers

Personal Tech01 Jun 2023 | 55

Meta CEO doesn't Zuck at Brazilian jiu-jitsu, apparently

'Silent killer' Mark bags himself top medals in tournament

Offbeat09 May 2023 | 21

Meta virtual reality interrupted by financial reality as thousands lose their jobs

Zuck's 'Year of Efficiency' starts with saving time not learning coworkers' names in case they're booted

Personal Tech19 Apr 2023 | 22

ChatGPT, write a report about database glitches that crashed you today

While we're here, what do you think of Zuck announcing a vague catchup plan to build 'AI personas'?

Spotlight on Databases28 Feb 2023 | 19

Meta to add verification to Facebook and Insta under scheme that should avoid Twitter's Musk-stakes

Paid accounts will be more prominent than your shouty relatives and get – wait for it – a support line

Personal Tech20 Feb 2023 | 40

Meta cranks Zuckerberg's personal security budget to $14m while cutting everything else

'Year of efficiency' includes accounting for more threats toward CEO caused by 'year of efficiency'

Offbeat16 Feb 2023 | 33

Twitter layoffs were bad but Meta's mass ejections could take the cake

Just in time for the holidays, a bunch of firing talk to worry Facebook crew

Personal Tech07 Nov 2022 | 34

Shareholders slam Zuckerberg's 'terrifying' $100b+ Metaverse experiment

Start with dumping a fifth of staff, capping that VR capex, firm urges

Personal Tech24 Oct 2022 | 35

Zuckerberg: Yes, Facebook kept Hunter Biden's laptop under wraps

Also: Smiling, eye tracking, and general 'social presence' baked into Project Cambria

Personal Tech26 Aug 2022 | 93

Meta asks line managers to identify poorly performing staff for firing

Zuckerberg makes good on headcount threats he issued last month

On-Prem12 Jul 2022 | 45

Facebook opens political ad data vaults to researchers

Social network builds FORT to protect against onslaught of regulation, investigation

Security24 May 2022 |

Zuckerberg sued for alleged role in Cambridge Analytica data-slurp scandal

I can prove CEO was 'personally involved in Facebook’s failure to protect privacy', DC AG insists

Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 18

Putin reaches for nuclear option: Zuckerberg banned

In Soviet Russia, bear pokes you

Bootnotes22 Apr 2022 | 61

Zuckerberg gets $26m in 'other' Meta compensation

Personal security, private travel, for exec making a single 'Zuck Buck'

Offbeat12 Apr 2022 | 31

UK competition regulator to Meta's Facebook: Sell Giphy, we will not approve the purchase

CMA finds that deal would be bad for consumers and tighten Zuck's grip on almost half of £7bn digital ad spend

Legal30 Nov 2021 | 27

Zuckerberg wants to create a make-believe world in which you can hide from all the damage Facebook has done

Comment His social network has Meta-stasized

Personal Tech29 Oct 2021 | 225

Facebook CEO puts picture of himself wearing too much sunscreen on new board

Surfboard, not corporate board. But we're sure Zuck is working on that, too

Offbeat25 Jun 2021 | 19

So, where does Silicon Valley stand on S.230? Zuck wants 'industry best practices', Pichai demurs, Dorsey urges more Bluesky thinking

House panel to quiz web giant CEOs this week. Expect a degree of deja vu

Personal Tech24 Mar 2021 | 15

Europe calls for single app to track coronavirus. Meanwhile America pretends it isn’t trying to build one at all

Comment Plus, what’s big tech doing to help? Not much it seems, Bill Gates excepted

Science09 Apr 2020 | 79

Privacy? Watchdogs? Fines? Whatever, nerds, more people than ever are using Facebook and filling its deep coffers

Zuck to Uncle Sam: Go ahead, regulate me, regulate me like the naughty little founder I am

Personal Tech24 Jul 2019 | 19

Blame Canada! Zuckerberg subpoenaed to face Cambridge Anal. probe from Canucks

Parliament also wants a word with Sheryl Sandberg

Personal Tech08 May 2019 | 31

Zuck it up: Facebook hit with triple whammy of legal probes, action in Canada, US, Ireland

Ignoring privacy laws, storing plain text passwords, slurping millions of contact details come back to bite web giant

Security26 Apr 2019 | 57

Roses are red, Facebook will pay, to make Uncle Sam go away: Zuck, FTC in $bn settlement rumor

Antisocial network may shell out billions to end watchdog's privacy probe, it is reported

Personal Tech15 Feb 2019 | 11

Zuck to meet Euro MPs for ‘please explain’ session

Brussels wants a ‘full and detailed explanation’ – good luck with that, folks!

Legal17 May 2018 | 29

Facebook misses Brit MPs' deadline, promises answers on Monday

We've got 39 questions and Zuck has answered none

Legal11 May 2018 | 25

Sueballs flying over Facebook's Android app data slurping

Class action seeks a Zuck-ton of money for privacy invasion

Personal Tech11 May 2018 | 37

UK Parliament roars: Oi! Zuck! Get in here for a grilling – or you'll get a Tower of London tour

Brit politicians raise stakes after Facebook CEO snub

Personal Tech01 May 2018 | 76

Escape from the Zuckerborg: WhatsApp founder legs it

User privacy rows rage on as Koum leaves to play Ultimate Frisbee, collect rare Porsches

On-Prem01 May 2018 | 52

Facebook scandal: EU politicians should aim for straight answers, not star witnesses

Comment Justice commish 'advises' Sheryl Sandberg to send her boss, but is Zuck best one to grill?

Legal13 Apr 2018 | 38

Mark Duckerberg: Second Congressional grilling sees boss dodge questions like a pro

Zuck shows curious amnesia about his own business

Personal Tech11 Apr 2018 | 54

Nervous Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg passes Turing Test in Congress

Bolstered by a booster, Robo-Zuck sits firm before senators, parries away mild questions

Legal11 Apr 2018 | 74

In a sorry state again: Zuckerberg dusts off apology playbook in mea culpa to Congress

Facebook boss shamefaced (again) for flouting basic concepts of privacy (again)

Personal Tech09 Apr 2018 | 16

As Zuck apologizes again... Facebook admits 'most' of its 2bn+ users may have had public profiles slurped by bots

And it's all your fault!

On-Prem04 Apr 2018 | 106

Billion-dollar investor tells Facebook: Just Zuck off, already!

NYC Pensions handler calls for shakeup as social network continues to stumble

On-Prem04 Apr 2018 | 31

Facebook supremo Mark Zuckerberg has flunky tell UK MPs: Nope, he's sending someone else

Updated But we should be honoured. He'll personally ask an exec to come

Legal27 Mar 2018 | 98

We need to talk, Brit Parliamentary committee tells Mark Zuckerberg

Cambridge Analytica brouhaha fallout continues

Legal20 Mar 2018 | 60

Oculus Rift whiffed, VR fanbois miffed

Zuck's $2bn nerd visor goes dark after dev lets certs expire

Science07 Mar 2018 | 36

As Facebook pushes yet more fake articles, one news editor tells Mark to get a grip – or Zuck off

Analysis Hard to hear when you're buried under piles of $$$

Personal Tech02 Feb 2018 | 41

Facebook users are Zucking off, but that's what Zuck wants

More than ever, YOU are Facebook's product as it trashes cat vids

On-Prem01 Feb 2018 | 25

The Zuck promises to give you more local news – and so save the world

Techno Jesus posts latest Facebook teaching

Personal Tech30 Jan 2018 | 30

Least realistic New Year’s resolution ever: Fix Facebook in 365 days

Zuck says The Social Network™ knows nothing about anything important

On-Prem08 Jan 2018 | 32

Facebook confesses: Facebook is bad for you

Grazing FB is ruining your life, admits social network after probing its army of addicts

Science15 Dec 2017 | 60