Zuckerberg’s fact-checking rollback ushers in a new, chaotic era for social media
To researchers who have studied moderation efforts and platforms, it’s the most recent move toward a more freewheeling and ...
Meta's fact-checking rollback ushers in a new, chaotic era for social media
To researchers who have studied moderation efforts and platforms, it’s the most recent move toward a more freewheeling and ...
Trump's tech oligarchy welcomes Mark Zuckerberg into the fold
Even before the election, the world’s richest man, billionaire Elon Musk, was inseparable from Trump. There’s also Musk’s one-time PayPal colleague, Peter Thiel, who has been a longtime benefactor to ...
Meta rolls back hate speech rules as Zuckerberg cites ‘recent elections’ as a catalyst
It wasn’t just fact-checking that Meta scrapped from its platforms as it prepares for the second Trump administration.
Mark Zuckerberg's shift to the right was months in the making: From the Politics Desk
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's political shift to the right ahead of the new Trump administration was months in the making.
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Commentary: Meta’s fact-checking reversal lets Mark Zuckerberg drop the charade
Meta’s decision to abandon fact-checking lets Mark Zuckerberg walk away from a responsibility he never wanted in the first place, says Dave Lee for Bloomberg Opinion.
Not even Instagram escaped backlash to Zuckerberg’s Meta changes
Whenever Meta is embroiled in controversy, people rush to boycott Facebook. But its other flagship property, Instagram, often seems to dodge the backlash.
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Ex–Trump Ally Torches Judge Cannon for Blocking Jack Smith Report
Even Donald Trump’s former allies don’t understand Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision to block forthcoming details of special ...
Meta ending 3rd-party fact checkers 'transformative,' but other legal issues remain, says expert
Facebook's new content moderation modeled after X's "Community Notes" has been praised by free speech advocates but is unlikely to ease legal liability for Meta.
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Meta Ditches Fact Checks That Had Helped Curb Health Misinformation
One of the reasons the industry had doubled down on policing speech was because of falsehoods about covid, The Washington Post noted. Meanwhile, mis- and disinformation shows no sign of slowing on the ...