Joel Kaplan
Coverage of Joel Kaplan in the Nexus archive.
- Facebook whistleblower sues company to stop arbitration against her
Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former Facebook director, sued Meta, alleging the company enforced unlawful arbitration after she published a book detailing her experiences, including claims of sexual harassment and corporate misconduct. She argues Meta retaliated by blocking payment of $310,000 in business expenses and using forced arbitration to silence her. The case centers on Meta's alleged punitive tactics against whistleblowers.
- Meta shrugs off Trump’s idea for government ownership of AI
Meta dismisses President Donald Trump's proposal for the U.S. government to take a financial stake in leading AI companies. Meta's chief global affairs officer, Joel Kaplan, stated the company focuses on policy collaboration to advance AI development rather than public equity partnerships. Trump's idea, which aims to give the public a share of AI-generated wealth, faces skepticism from Meta but has support from some OpenAI executives and Senator Bernie Sanders.