Mark Zuckerberg has decided to join the parade of tech oligarchs collaborating with the incoming regime. First, his umbrella corporation, Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram and WhatsApp, donated $1 million to the Trump inauguration fund. Then came the real work.
Zuckerberg has overhauled their moderation and hate speech policies in ways that bring them far more in line with Elon Musk’s approach over at the platform formerly known as Twitter, and in line with the belief system of the far right.