It’s also worth noting that journalist Max Chafkin reported in his book The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power that Zuckerberg and Trump cut a deal during a White House dinner attended by Jared Kushner, Thiel, and others. According to Chafkin, Thiel told people that Zuckerberg and Trump agreed that evening that if Facebook didn’t fact-check Trump, the Trump administration would not impose regulations on the company. Everyone involved has denied this.
