Meta has made significant changes to its policies, including removing tampons from men’s restrooms, ending their fact-checking program, discontinuing

"We just faced this massive, massive institutional pressure to start censoring content on ideological grounds," Zuckerberg said.

After visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump in November, Mr. Zuckerberg decided to relax Meta’s speech policies. He asked a small team to carry out his goals within weeks. The repercussions are just beginning.