Washington Post


Washington Post columnist quits after her opinion piece criticizing owner Jeff Bezos is rejected – https://apnews.com/article/washington-post-resignation-marcus-bezos-8d6ce32b27f5c965fc972d73d0f95aac
Jeff Bezos’ revamp of ‘Washington Post’ opinions leads editor to quit – https://www.npr.org/2025/02/26/nx-s1-5309725/jeff-bezos-washington-post-opinion-section
Washington Post refuses to run $115,000 ad titled ‘Fire Elon Musk,’ report says – https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/washington-post-musk-doge-ad-trump-b2699407.html

Washington Post cartoonist quits after paper rejects sketch of Bezos bowing to Trump – https://apnews.com/article/washington-post-trump-bezos-cartoonist-resigns-53928aadc4fb4dda8f35fd840b5717ac

Washington Post becomes second major US newspaper this week to not endorse a presidential candidate – https://apnews.com/article/washington-post-newspaper-endorsement-election-51de8348502aa17f432504c4764c63f5

Amazon

Amazon ‘anti-union propaganda,’ employee surveillance loom over labor vote at North Carolina warehouse – https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/02/14/amazon-workers-face-anti-union-propaganda-in-garner-north-carolina.html
Amazon’s Whole Foods cites Trump’s NLRB purge as grounds for rejecting union win – https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/02/06/whole-foods-cites-trumps-nlrb-purge-as-grounds-to-reject-union-win.html


Amazon Rolls Back DEI policies – https://apnews.com/article/diversity-equity-inclusion-us-companies-81189760f4b823322121aa0f2538e0c2

Amazon cuts workforce diversity reference from annual filing amid Trump-led backlash against DEI – https://www.geekwire.com/2025/amazon-cuts-workforce-diversity-reference-from-annual-filing-amid-trump-led-backlash-against-dei/

Meta

Meta CTO says staff should quit if they don’t like Meta’s new policies – https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/13/meta-cto-says-staff-should-quit-if-they-dont-like-metas-new-policies/
Amazon to contribute $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund. Meta is also donating $1M – https://apnews.com/article/trump-meta-zuckerberg-inauguration-donation-c540bf7c638def11b8428e633965c718

Meta rolls back hate speech rules as Zuckerberg cites ‘recent elections’ as a catalyst – https://apnews.com/article/meta-facebook-hate-speech-trump-immigrant-transgender-41191638cd7c720b950c05f9395a2b49

Meta’s new hate speech guidelines permit users to say LGBTQ people are mentally ill – https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/meta-new-hate-speech-rules-allow-users-call-lgbtq-people-mentally-ill-rcna186700

Alphabet – Google

Google defends scrapping AI pledges and DEI goals in all staff meeting – https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/12/google-all-staff-meeting-ai-dei
Google Calendar users no longer see default entries for events like Pride, Black History Month – https://apnews.com/article/google-calendar-pride-black-history-month-8c499cfbe399b1eccc436032b3c4ced0

Google to change map names for Gulf of Mexico and Denali when US updates them based on Trump order – https://apnews.com/article/google-gulf-of-mexico-trump-96861212a9ee292966f19498338da6be

Google scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump’s new government contractor ruless – https://apnews.com/article/google-diversity-equity-inclusion-program-trump-16a937d5d9b6447251c4c40c2ad1c915

Google donates $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund, joining other tech giants – https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/09/google-donates-1-million-to-trumps-inauguration-fund.html