Meta is cracking down on internal dissent over CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s overtures to President Donald Trump — telling staffers that criticizing the billionaire or the company could harm their performance evaluations,

In a meeting with Meta employees on Thursday, Mr. Zuckerberg also doubled down on recent changes to the company’s online speech policies and ending its diversity initiatives.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is leveraging his relationship with President Donald Trump to challenge Apple amid an ongoing tech rivalry. Sources familiar with the matter say Zuckerberg hopes that Meta’s strengthened ties with the White House will shift regulatory scrutiny away from his company and onto Apple.

Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg’s open effort to curry favor with President Donald Trump has rattled employees, and the company is censoring their criticism internally, according to CNBC. Quoting unnamed “people familiar with the matter,