Vice President JD Vance said during an interview Sunday that Big Tech is still “in the news” when pressed on the attendance of various tech CEOs at President Trump’s inauguration, as well as Donations of millions of dollars The group collectively gave the opening events.
“The richest men in the world were in that Capitol on Inauguration Day. The heads of Amazon, Google, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. You told us in August that Google and Facebook were too big.” We should take the Teddy Roosevelt approach. ‘Cf. Now they donated to Trump’s inauguration. CBS News’ Margaret Brennan asked Vance, before noting the seating arrangements on Inauguration Day.
Brennan’s question comes as the presence of CEOs has sparked a reaction from several in the media, such as MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. These CEOs were Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Apple’s Tim Cook, Google’s Sundar Pichai and X’s Elon Musk.
“We fundamentally believe that big tech has too much power, and there are two ways they can do that. They can respect the constitutional rights of Americans — they can stop engaging in censorship, and if you don’t, you can be absolutely certain that Donald Trump’s leadership will they won’t look too kindly on them,” Vance said.
Vice President JD Vance said Sudnay that Big Tech was “still on notice,” despite their donations to President Trump’s inaugural festivities. (Screenshot/CBS)
Brennan followed up by asking if the CEOs had been notified yet.
“They’re very much in the press,” Vance replied.
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The major donations and presence at Trump’s inauguration marked a major departure for Big Tech, which largely imposed a temporary ban on Trump’s public profiles in 2020 through its social media platforms. Those companies have also become more critical of the Biden administration, expressing displeasure with the White House’s attempts at surveillance.
Separately, Zuckerberg announced that Facebook and Instagram will end their fact-checking mechanism and use a community annotation system moving forward.
Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos and Sundar Pichai stand before the 60th presidential inauguration in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
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The group’s presence at Trump’s inauguration was considered important, as was CNN Jake Tapper regretted it On Monday, the US was set to “enter an era of deep fakes, and all kinds of misinformation and the degree to which these five gentlemen play a role or don’t play a role, will be central to where the American people are four years from now, in terms of understanding what the truth is.” and which is false.”
Vance also argued that the presence of tech CEOs at Trump’s inauguration was not all that relevant, noting that many in attendance did not donate to the inauguration festivities.
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“They had a pretty good seat,” claimed CBS “Brennan.
“They didn’t have as good a seat as my mom and a lot of other people who were there to support us,” Vance said.
