Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will terminate all DEI programs—including in hiring, training and selecting suppliers. “The legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the United States is changing,

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced sweeping changes to the company's content moderation strategy, signaling a shift toward a more MAGA-friendly approach. It's a marked change from when the CEO banned President-elect Donald Trump from his platforms four years ago.

Facebook will take up to 90 days to delete all of your account data from its servers. For the first 30 days of that period, you can still sign in and cancel your deletion request. Your account will be restored and it'll be like you never left. For better or worse.

Commenting on the surge, Gizmodo suggested that “apparently not everyone is ready to live in a post-truth world... Fittingly, Facebook competitors are also seeing a spike in interest. Bluesky saw a nearly 1,000% increase in searches during the same period that saw people looking to exit the Meta-verse of social apps.”

Meta's announcement that it would scrap its fact-checking system was hailed by some, but it also prompted fears that it will allow more online hate.