In the leadup to the 2020 presidential election, Meta — then still Facebook — put serious effort into mitigating election misinformation. Meta’s business has gone all-in on the metaverse in the intervening years, though, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg seems to have all but forgotten Facebook’s starring role in politics.
The 300-person team assembled with the intention of combatting election misinformation has all but been eliminated, according to a new report from The New York Times. Approximately 60 employees remain dedicated to elections at Meta, and they don’t even meet with Zuckerberg directly.
