Summary
Mark Zuckerberg has shifted Meta’s policies and leadership toward conservative positions, signaling alignment with a potential Trump administration.
Key moves include ending professional fact-checking, reinstating Trump’s accounts, criticizing the Biden administration’s COVID-19 policies, and promoting Republican-aligned executives like Joel Kaplan.
Meta has also faced scrutiny for supporting Trump-aligned figures and causes, including donating to his inaugural fund.
Zuckerberg, previously supportive of some progressive initiatives, now emphasizes reduced content moderation, citing political and regulatory pressures.
Critics view this as a strategic pivot amid evolving U.S. political dynamics.
I’m assuming the same reason they are ostensibly on board with the fediverse - some kind of embrace-extend-extinguish tactic. I’m not Machiavellian enough to imagine the finer detail beyond that.