{"id":2398452,"date":"2025-02-03T19:59:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T00:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dana-white-accepts-zuckerbergs-board-invitation-to-give-meta-a-backbone-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T19:59:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T00:59:31","slug":"dana-white-accepts-zuckerbergs-board-invitation-to-give-meta-a-backbone-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dana-white-accepts-zuckerbergs-board-invitation-to-give-meta-a-backbone-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White accepts Zuckerberg\u2019s board invitation to give Meta \u2018a backbone\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdana-white-accepts-zuckerbergs-board-invitation-to-give-meta-a-backbone-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2398452&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>UFC CEO\u2064 Dana white has accepted \u200ban invitation to join MetaS board of directors at \u2062the request of CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who emphasized the need for the company to reinforce\u200c its foundational principles, which \u200cWhite interpreted as seeking &#8220;a backbone.&#8221; This advancement comes amidst a restructuring at Meta aimed at shifting\u2064 away from controversial practices, such as ditching fact-checking in favor of community notes. White, who has ties to Donald\u2062 Trump, mentioned that Zuckerberg approached him following White&#8217;s speech at the 2024 Republican National convention. In their conversation, Zuckerberg \u2063expressed admiration for White&#8217;s business acumen and sought his presence on the \u2064board.White characterized Zuckerberg as\u200b more reasonable than often perceived and endorsed the idea that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platforms<\/a> will play \u2064a significant role in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-sabatini-left-having-absolute-mental-breakdown-over-free-speech-being-allowed-on-twitter\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Rep. Sabatini: Left Having \u2018Absolute Mental Breakdown\u2019 Over ... Being Allowed on Twitter\">supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-veritas-strips-cnn-naked\/\" title=\"Project Veritas Strips CNN Naked\">free speech<\/a><\/a>\u200d in the future, particularly \u2064during Trump\u2019s anticipated second term in office. White also reflected positively on attending Trump&#8217;s recent inauguration and commented on the former president&#8217;s belief in his divine purpose to serve for another term.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Dana White accepts Zuckerberg&rsquo;s board invitation to give Meta &lsquo;a backbone&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1973694\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ufc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">UFC<\/a> CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dana-white\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Dana White<\/a> explained he joined Meta&rsquo;s board due to a request from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mark-zuckerberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mark Zuckerberg<\/a>, specifically noting how the Meta CEO cited the need for his company to have &ldquo;a backbone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Zuckerberg announced earlier this year that White, an ally of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3278492\/ultimate-fighting-championship-ceo-joins-meta-board-directors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">would be joining the company&rsquo;s board<\/a> as part of a shakeup happening at Meta, which also saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/3278641\/zuckerberg-following-musk-axing-fact-checkers-meta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the company ditch its fact-checkers in favor of community notes<\/a>. In reflecting on joining Meta&rsquo;s board, White suggested that many Silicon Valley billionaires are relieved that &ldquo;the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">woke nutty madness&#038;rdquo<\/a>; that took place throughout the COVID-19 era is ending. He also said he received Zuckerberg&rsquo;s invitation following his 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-national-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Republican National Convention<\/a> speech.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And I flew back to Italy with my vacation with my family, and I got a text from Mark that said ,&lsquo;Hey, can you talk for a minute?&rsquo;&rdquo; White told Tucker Carlson. &ldquo;I call him back and he said, this is what he said to me: &lsquo;I think you&rsquo;re a great businessman, you always seem to be on the right side of everything, and my company needs a backbone. I would be honored if you would sit on the board for Meta.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dana White on Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>(0:00) Professional Slapping<br \/>(1:30) Dana White&rsquo;s Friendship With Donald Trump<br \/>(11:28) Dana Joining the Board of Meta<br \/>(18:32) How Dana Responded to the Bryce Mitchell Controversy<br \/>(22:22) Will the Anti-Censorship Movement Last?&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RN7egSUAOB\">pic.twitter.com\/RN7egSUAOB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson\/status\/1886414568429154540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Carlson noted how Zuckerberg gave $350 million to then-presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden&rsquo;s<\/a> campaign in 2020 and found it &ldquo;kind of wild&rdquo; how the tech giant offered White a board position right after his RNC speech. White, meanwhile, suggested that Zuckerberg is &ldquo;not as bad as everybody thinks he is.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In reflecting on what the future of free speech looks like going forward, White suggested that social media platforms, such as Facebook or X, are &ldquo;the new media,&rdquo; likening the owning of a social media platform to owning a major news network. When asked if social media platforms will continue to support free speech, White laughed and suggested they will &ldquo;for the next four years,&rdquo; referring to the duration of Trump&rsquo;s second term in the White House.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>White also reflected on how &ldquo;awesome&rdquo; it was to attend Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">inauguration<\/a> last month. The UFC president suggested that Trump has changed &ldquo;for the better&rdquo; after the first assassination attempt in July and that he thinks Trump believes &ldquo;to his core&rdquo; that God saved his life &ldquo;to run this country for the next four years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has reflected on the attempt on his life, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/video\/trump-said-he-was-saved-by-god-during-assassination-attempt-13293195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">stating during his inauguration speech that he was &ldquo;saved by God to make America great again,&rdquo;<\/a> drawing applause from those in attendance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1973694\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1973694\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dana White joins Meta&#8217;s board at Zuckerberg&#8217;s request for &#8220;a backbone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2398453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dana-White-on-Meta-board-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[49752,34660,9276,32076,4576],"class_list":["post-2398452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-board-invitation","tag-dana-white","tag-meta","tag-washington-examiner","tag-zuckerberg"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dana-White-on-Meta-board-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2398452"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2398456,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398452\/revisions\/2398456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2398453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2398452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2398452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2398452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}