Set the default value as checked for a meta box checkbox

Try 

metadata_exists( 'post', $post->ID, 'display_sharing_buttons_save' )

This functions determine if meta-key exists and return true even with NULL value.
So in your case, if it returns FALSE you can show CHECKED by default.

Source

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