UK ministers accept $1m from Meta amid social media ban consultation
Campaigners decry ties with ‘Trump-supporting’ tech firms after funding is accepted to develop state AI systemsUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have accepted $1m from Meta, the US tech and social media company, to build AI systems for defence, national security and transport,...
<p>Campaigners decry ties with ‘Trump-supporting’ tech firms after funding is accepted to develop state AI systems</p><ul><li><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 – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Ministers have accepted $1m 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’s “alarmingly close relationship with Trump-supporting US tech giants”.</p><p>The money from Mark Zuckerberg’s company will be used to pay experts to “develop cutting-edge AI solutions … to support national security and defence teams”, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) announced on Tuesday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/27/uk-ministers-accept-1m-from-meta-amid-social-media-ban-consultation">Continue reading...</a>
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