Vice President J.D. Vance said in an interview on Sunday that Big Tech remains ” Stay vigilant.”
“On Inauguration Day, the richest people in the world gathered at the Capitol. The head of Amazon, Google, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg. In August, you told us Google and Facebook were too big. ‘We should take the Dee Roosevelt’s approach. Now that they’ve donated to Trump’s inauguration, are you still going to break up Big Tech? CBS News’ Margaret Brennan asked before taking note of the Inauguration Day seating arrangements. Vance.
Brennan’s question came as the presence of major tech CEOs sparked reactions from some media outlets, such as MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. These CEOs include 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 companies do have too much power, and they can go about it two ways. They can respect the constitutional rights of Americans — they can stop engaging in censorship, and if they don’t, you As far as Vance said, “I’m absolutely sure that Donald Trump’s leadership is not going to be too kind to them. ”
Vice President J.D. Vance said big tech companies “remain under scrutiny” despite their donations to President Trump’s inauguration celebrations. (Screenshot/CBS)
Brennan then asked executives if they were still paying attention.
“They’re very noticeable,” Vance replied.
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The massive donations and attendance at Trump’s inauguration marked a significant shift from big tech companies, which in 2020 largely imposed temporary bans on Trump’s personal data made public through his social media platforms. The companies have also taken a more critical view of the Biden administration and expressed dissatisfaction with the White House’s regulatory attempts.
Zuckerberg specifically announced that Facebook and Instagram would end their fact-checking mechanisms and use social annotation systems in the future.
Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos and Sundar Pichai stand during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, January 20, 2025 forward. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times, AP, Poole)
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The group’s presence at Trump’s inauguration is considered important at a time when, as CNN’s Jake Tapper lamented on Monday, the United States is about to “enter a world of deep fakes, misinformation and the eras in which these five gentlemen played or did not play a role” played a role that will be critical to where the American people find themselves four years later, understanding what is true and what is false. “
Vance also seemed to think it was less important for tech CEOs to attend Trump’s inauguration, noting that many who attended did not donate to the inauguration festivities.
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“They have really good seats,” CBS’s Brennan said.
“They don’t have as many seats as my mom and a lot of other people who support us,” Vance said.
