Meta 的共和党籍政策主管在华盛顿预计将出现“蓝色浪潮”、大型科技公司面临更严格审查之际，宣布即将离职。乔尔·卡普兰（Joel Kaplan）是在特朗普第二任期伊始被提拔的，他将于明年年初离开。
Meta’s Republican policy chief announced his departure just ahead of a projected blue wave in Washington that threatens to rain down scrutiny on big tech companies. Joel Kaplan, who was elevated in the early days of Trump’s second term, will leave sometime early next year.
当 Semafor 在 2025 年初独家披露卡普兰晋升时，我们写道：“Meta 的政治运作现在已为共和党主导的华盛顿做好充分准备。”卡普兰接替了新自由主义的英国政客尼克·克莱格（Nick Clegg），当时政治钟摆正在摆动，各公司纷纷争相为董事会和高管团队增添“MAGA”资历。
When Semafor scooped Kaplan’s ascension in early 2025, we wrote that “Meta’s political operation is now well placed for a Republican-dominated Washington.”Kaplan had replaced the neoliberal UK politico Nick Clegg just as the political pendulum was swinging and companies were rushing to add MAGA credentials to their boardrooms and executive ranks.
这些举措——资助美国优先事项、聘请 MAGA 游说者、管控自家平台言论、并承诺为政府提供免费服务——随着民主党似乎很可能在下个月赢得国会至少一个议院的控制权并掌握听证会主导权，可能会显得后遗症严重。
Those moves — funding American priorities, hiring MAGA lobbyists, policing their airwaves, and committing to do free work for the government — may age badly as Democrats appear likely to take at least one chamber of Congress next month and take up the hearing gavel.