Zuckenberg never turned hard right. He did what is best for Meta today as he did in 2016. In 2016 fact checking and virtue signaling was at all time highs as a result of 2016 elections, and Meta was forced to do it after severe backlash and cancelling attempts (mainly from the left, but also from the right who who claimed it promoted fake news).
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ogan-s-podcast
He's also been bashing the Biden administration pretty strongly for trying to control information.
This sudden shift is all about ensuring Tiktok is killed while not going in jail himself and appeasing Trump which is in power for the next 4 years (and Republicans possibly longer). He has gone to Mar-A-Lago a few times now, not coincidentally, lots of rethoric started coming out.
But he himself was never a virtue signaler, He built a girl hotness rating website at first.
Zuckenberg's own post in 2016 should tell you everything you want to know about Zuckenberg's thoughts about it (TLDR he doesn't personally believe fact checking is needed)
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This is an area where I believe we must proceed very carefully though. Identifying the "truth" is complicated. While some hoaxes can be completely debunked, a greater amount of content, including from mainstream sources, often gets the basic idea right but some details wrong or omitted. An even greater volume of stories express an opinion that many will disagree with and flag as incorrect even when factual. I am confident we can find ways for our community to tell us what content is most meaningful, but I believe we must be extremely cautious about becoming arbiters of truth ourselves.
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https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10103253901916271