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Politics
Griffin Eckstein

Mullin: Zuck met Trump before changes

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with President-elect Donald Trump before removing misinformation guardrails and fact-checks, Oklahoma GOP Senator Markwayne Mullin claimed on Thursday.

In an interview with right-wing commentator Benny Johnson, the senator said Meta’s announcement that it would ditch independent fact-checkers in favor of an X-style community notes system came just a day after a visit with Trump, fueling accusations that Zuckerberg made the changes to appease the incoming administration.

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