Mark Zuckerberg’s move to end factchecking in US reflects president-elect’s views on social media, says Haugen

Mark Zuckerberg has “heard the message” from Donald Trump on restricting online content, and his Meta platforms will intervene “less and less” on users during the president-elect’s administration, according to the whistleblower Frances Haugen.

Haugen, who revealed the Facebook and Instagram owner’s struggles with user safety in 2021, said the US president-elect thought “the right way to run social media is with no restrictions”.