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.”

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,

First, disconnect your Facebook account from other apps and logins. Third-party developers such as Spotify and DoorDash have long offered the option of using your Facebook account

On an episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" released Friday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg painted a picture of Biden administration officials berating Facebook staff over requests to remove certain content from the social media platform.

The tech CEO claims the Biden administration wanted to remove Facebook posts that cast the COVID-19 vaccine in a negative light.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan that the Biden White House sought to censor critical claims about Covid vaccines.