MMA, MAGA and Meta: What now for the social media giant’s Irish operations as Zuckerberg ditches DEI for Donald 

A push for diversity and inclusion is at odds with Mark Zuckerberg’s new views

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg leaves The Merrion Hotel in Dublin. The Meta CEO wants to rebrand and has announced a series of significant changes to the company, including an end to its third-party fact-checking programme. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

'You only start one of these companies if you believe in giving people a voice,” a transformed Mark Zuckerberg declared during his appearance on Joe Rogan as the podcast host effectively baptised him into the new and unimproved Make America Great Again movement.

Debuting his conveniently timed policy changes to Meta on the Joe Rogan Experience, Zuckerberg, who actually started Facebook to rate the attractiveness of his female peers at Harvard, announced the company’s departure from censorship and moderation after years of “massive institutional pressure” to limit content based on ideological grounds.