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.”

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.

Google searches for how to cancel and delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads accounts have seen explosive rises in the U.S. since Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company will end its third-party fact-checking system,

The Facebook boss says a key reason he's ditching fact-checking is because the Biden Administration "basically pushed" the company to censor COVID-19 posts The post Mark Zuckerberg Compares Meta’s Fact-Checking to ‘1984’ as His Apps Prepare for Community Notes appeared first on TheWrap.

In response to a user’s criticism, Mark Zuckerberg defended Meta’s changes, claiming that the shift from third-party fact-checkers to Community Notes will improve platforms. He acknowledged that some might leave for 'virtue signaling,

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shrugged off criticism that his new policy that does away with third party fact-checking and censorship will alienate users — insisting that anyone who quits company platforms Facebook,