The company will shed roughly 3,600 roles but plans to backfill the roles later in the year.

In an exclusive interview, Ian Russell tells the BBC that he believes there is "no real movement" within government on online safety.

The companies are among the latest major corporations to alter their diversity programmes since Trump's re-election.

The US companies join other major firms donating funds for the ceremony on 20 January.

Users will no longer be able to opt out of political content from people they do not follow.

Meta says its platforms will instead rely on "community notes" from its users, an approach pioneered by X.

It comes days after former UK deputy PM Sir Nick Clegg left his top job at the social media giant.

He will be replaced by Republican Joel Kaplan, a former White House deputy chief of staff under President Bush.