{"id":21731,"date":"2026-01-27T17:37:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/uk-ministers-accept-1m-from-meta-amid-social-media-ban-consultation\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T17:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:37:34","slug":"uk-ministers-accept-1m-from-meta-amid-social-media-ban-consultation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/uk-ministers-accept-1m-from-meta-amid-social-media-ban-consultation\/","title":{"rendered":"UK ministers accept $1m from Meta amid social media ban consultation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Campaigners decry ties with \u2018Trump-supporting\u2019 tech firms after funding is accepted to develop state AI systems<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/live\/2026\/jan\/27\/uk-politics-latest-news-updates-keir-starmer-leaseholders-andy-burnham-labour-reform\">UK politics live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ministers have accepted $1m (\u00a3728,000) from Meta, the US tech and social media company, to build AI systems for defence, national security and transport, sparking warnings about the UK government\u2019s \u201calarmingly close relationship with Trump-supporting US tech giants\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The money from Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s company will be used to pay experts to \u201cdevelop cutting-edge AI solutions \u2026 to support national security and defence teams\u201d, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jan\/27\/uk-ministers-accept-1m-from-meta-amid-social-media-ban-consultation\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7579a99b61180e696e2e281c07852109de29baed\/449_0_3102_2483\/master\/3102.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=880a3ddc1697ca287e6b7e2c7414d727\" title=\"UK ministers accept $1m from Meta amid social media ban consultation\" \/>Campaigners decry ties with \u2018Trump-supporting\u2019 tech firms after funding is accepted to develop state AI systems<br \/>\nUK politics live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nMinisters have accepted $1m (\u00a3728,000) from Meta, the US tech and social media company, to build AI systems for defence, national security and transport, sparking warnings about the UK government\u2019s \u201calarmingly close relationship with Trump-supporting US tech giants\u201d.<br \/>\nThe money from Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s company will be used to pay experts to \u201cdevelop cutting-edge AI solutions \u2026 to support national security and defence teams\u201d, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) announced on Tuesday. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Campaigners decry ties with \u2018Trump-supporting\u2019 tech firms after funding is accepted to develop state AI systems UK politics live \u2013 latest updates Ministers have accepted $1m (\u00a3728,000) from Meta, the US tech and social media company, to build AI systems for defence, national security and transport, sparking warnings about the UK government\u2019s \u201calarmingly close relationship &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/uk-ministers-accept-1m-from-meta-amid-social-media-ban-consultation\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UK ministers accept $1m from Meta amid social media ban consultation<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21731"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}