--- title: Mark Zuckerberg Meeting Glenn Beck Amid Facebook Controversy description: Mark Zuckerberg will meet with conservative pundit Glenn Beck to discuss allegations that Facebook suppresses conservative media canonical: https://time.com/4336525/mark-zuckerberg-glenn-beck-facebook/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-15T19:25:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:49:59.516Z article:section: Business og:title: Mark Zuckerberg to Meet With Conservatives Amid Trending Topics Controversy og:description: He'll be meeting with Glenn Beck and others og:url: https://time.com/4336525/mark-zuckerberg-glenn-beck-facebook/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8570be5cf6761763/6988933d0b72e3323b6e9624/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-trending.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks during the Facebook F8 Developers Conference in San Francisco, California on April 12, 2016. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mark Zuckerberg to Meet With Conservatives Amid Trending Topics Controversy twitter:description: He'll be meeting with Glenn Beck and others twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8570be5cf6761763/6988933d0b72e3323b6e9624/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-trending.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mark Zuckerberg to Meet With Glenn Beck Amid Trending Topics Controversy  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan May 15, 2016 7:25 PM CUT  Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the Facebook F8 Developers Conference in San Francisco on April 12, 2016. Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the Facebook F8 Developers Conference in San Francisco on April 12, 2016.Bloomberg/Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan May 15, 2016 7:25 PM CUT Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will [meet with a slate of conservatives](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mark-zuckerberg-glenn-beck%5Fus%5F57389919e4b08f96c18368f7 "undefined"), including pundit Glenn Beck, on Wednesday to discuss the controversy over allegations that the social network’s [“trending” list apparently suppresses conservative media](http://time.com/4328915/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-trending-topics-investigation/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined"). Beck said he was contacted by Zuckerberg’s office over the weekend to be one of about 10 people to go to Menlo Park, California to hear the CEO “explain what happened and assure us that it won’t happen again,” [he wrote on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/GlennBeck/posts/10154209109368188 "undefined"). Facebook confirmed the meeting [to the Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mark-zuckerberg-glenn-beck%5Fus%5F57389919e4b08f96c18368f7 "undefined"). “It would be interesting to look him in the eye as he explains and a win for all voices if we can come to a place of real trust with this powerful tool,” Beck added. Last week, Zuckerberg said his team is conducting a full investigation into the alleged manipulation and would take “additional steps to address it” if any evidence was found. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4336525/mark-zuckerberg-glenn-beck-facebook/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4336525/mark-zuckerberg-glenn-beck-facebook/"},"headline":"Mark Zuckerberg to Meet With Glenn Beck Amid Trending Topics Controversy","datePublished":"2016-05-15T19:25:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:49:59.516Z","description":"“It would be interesting to look him in the eye as he explains\"","url":"https://time.com/4336525/mark-zuckerberg-glenn-beck-facebook/","keywords":["Tech","facebook"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8570be5cf6761763/6988933d0b72e3323b6e9624/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-trending.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8570be5cf6761763/6988933d0b72e3323b6e9624/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-trending.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks during the Facebook F8 Developers Conference in San Francisco, California on April 12, 2016.","caption":"Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks during the Facebook F8 Developers Conference in San Francisco, California on April 12, 2016.","creditText":"Bloomberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4336525/mark-zuckerberg-glenn-beck-facebook/","name":"Mark Zuckerberg to Meet With Glenn Beck Amid Trending Topics Controversy"}}]}] ```