- Mark Zuckerberg considered acquiring a major news outlet between 2017 and 2018.
- Facebook was facing intense scrutiny over its role in the 2016 election and misinformation.
- Zuckerberg’s focus turned to funding The AP and using it as a direct news source for Facebook.
Before Meta stepped away from nearly all its dealings with the news industry, Mark Zuckerberg considered getting more entangled with it than ever.