Mark Zuckerberg

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has topped the list of world's single-largest charitable contributor of 2020, revealed The Chronicle of Philanthropy in its annual donator’s list. With a net worth of $188 billion (Forbes), Bezos gave a $10-billion gift to fight climate change in 2020. Moreover, Bezos, via his 'Earth Fund', has also donated nearly $790 million to 16 non-profit groups. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was placed fourth with $250-million… read-more

Stating that "growing Islamophobia" is fostering extremism, Pakistan's PM Imran Khan urged Facebook to ban contents that spread hate against Islam. Khan said, "I would urge you to put a similar ban on Islamophobia the way you have set up for Holocaust." He also said that Islam was being portrayed as terrorism is France. However, Facebook, in response, has said that the company never entertains hate comments.

Facebook, in reply to the letters by Congress, stated, "We take seriously the concerns and recommendations you raised". Facebook's director of Public Policy Neil Potts said they are “non-partisan”, and that they "denounce hate and bigotry in all forms". However, Congress's request to set up a time-bound inquiry into Facebook India team remained unanswered. Earlier, Congress had raised questions over Facebook India's leadership team and… read-more

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's net worth surged to 102 billion USD on August 20, as the company's shares increased by 2.4%. However, earlier on August 7 also, Zuckerberg’s property has crossed the $100 billion mark. He is only the third person in the world to reach this milestone. According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index data, only Jeff Bezos ($194 billion) and Bill Gates ($122 billion) are ahead of Zuckerberg.