Dana White has been appointed to the board of directors of Meta, alongside auto tycoon John Elkann and tech investor Charlie Songhurst, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post late Monday. The social media company owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

Mr. White, a close ally of President-elect Donald J. Trump, further strengthens the social media giant’s connections with the incoming administration.

Dana White, the president of and CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, of UFC, and a staunch ally of President-elect Donald Trump, is one of three new members of Meta's board of directors, founde

Dana White, CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and a longtime friend of President-elect Donald Trump is joining the board of Facebook parent Meta two weeks before the new Trump administration b

Social media giant Meta announced Monday the appointment of three new directors to its board, including Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) head Dana White, a close ally to US President-elect Donald Trump.

Workers at the Silicon Valley giant voiced their displeasure on the company's internal messaging forum on Tuesday.

Meta announced on Monday that Ultimate Fighting Championship president and Trump ally Dana White will join its board of directors, as the tech giant seeks to build its relationship with the incoming administration.

Mixed martial arts tycoon’s appointment to Meta board comes as Silicon Valley builds ties with incoming US administration

Instead, Meta will follow the lead of X under Elon Musk and rely on crowd-sourced Community Notes to provide additional context on posts. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with David Gilbert, a reporter at Wired who covers online disinformation and extremism, to learn more about Meta’s latest pivot.

Donald Trump has threatened that if Denmark does not agree to sell Greenland, he will impose tariffs "at a very high level." The attention around the island is, according to experts, part of the media spectacle that the US President-elect is concerned with.