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

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has shut down his third party fact-checking system on Facebook, citing political bias at the fact-checking organizations that has gone "too far."

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

Mark Zuckerberg claimed that Biden officials would “scream” and “curse” at his executives at Meta over censoring Facebook’s users, as he continues to take on a more MAGA-friendly persona following Donald Trump’s win.