Some staff members, however, have resisted certain policy changes — such as the removal of tampons from men’s restrooms. Workers have discreetly restocked the supplies in protest.
Sources within the company told CNBC that one of Zuckerberg’s aims in ingratiating himself with the president is to hopefully train the new administration’s antitrust ire on longtime rival Apple.
There is widespread sentiment within Meta that Apple’s 2021 privacy update of its proprietary iOS system that governs the company’s iPhone and other mobile devices cost the Facebook parent a whopping $10 billion in advertising revenue in fiscal year 2022.