On February 18 at roughly 4:55 pm, the men were fired from the company, according to an unsealed on Thursday.

Seems like it happened in Feb so might be related to DOGE

Yes. There was a lot of questionable links and donations uncovered between the politicians and US firms. Even after the temporary law expired in April they continued to scan illegally . I also recall reading an article about how Zuckerberg met directly with members of the EU Parliament before it was passed by default but can’t find that article at the moment.

Chat control was US big techs baby. They wanted to keep scanning peoples messages but GDPR messes with that so they’ve been trying to get Brussels to give them an exception forever. The “CSAM” angle is just plausible deniability

For most people it’s not about gender dysphoria. It’s about discrimination. If you appear to be male but your id shows female, you have been immediately identified as being trans which is a very dangerous thing in America right now