Mark Zuckerberg considered deleting everyone's Facebook friends in 2022, admits platform's focus has shifted

In brief: If you think Facebook has strayed far from its roots as a platform that connected friends and family, you're not alone. Even Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shares this view. He also considered purging every friend from users' accounts in 2022 and having them start from scratch. Zuckerberg was on the witness stand on Monday to defend Meta against a case brought by the FTC in 2022. The agency alleges the company created a market-dominating monopoly when it bought Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014, thereby violating US competition laws. The FTC wants to break up Meta by spinning off one of these apps. The government argues that Meta attracting 3.3 billion users to its platforms is a result of lack of reasonable alternatives. When asked about Facebook's focus moving away from connecting with friends and family to news, groups, and other third-party content, Zuckerberg admitted that, "It's the case that over time, the 'interest' part of that has gotten built out more than the 'f ... Read full article.