Conservatives have long criticized Meta and other social media companies for moderating user posts and using fact-checks to limit misinformation on their platforms, saying the rules have limited free expression.

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Flashback: Meta’s ‘history of censorship,’ fact-checking woes under the Trump, Biden administrations

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Meta chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced changes to content moderation on Facebook and Instagram long sought by conservatives. Incoming President Donald Trump said the new approach was “probably” due to threats he made against the technology mogul. The move to replace third-party fact-checking with user-written “community notes”…

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Meta eliminates fact-checking in latest bow to Donald Trump | Kelvin Chan, Barbara Ortutay & Nicholas Riccardi

Content moderation changes announced by Meta are part of a broader policy shift that includes the suspension of the company's fact-checking program

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Leaked Meta Training Materials Uses 'Immigrants Are Pieces of S--t' as Example of Now Acceptable Content

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Advocacy groups led by the National Online Safety Coalition under the #FWDwithFacts campaign, have raised alarms over Meta’s recent decision to terminate partnerships with third-party fact-checkers. The move, they argue, could exacerbate the spread of misinformation and hate speech, particularly in African nations like Nigeria. Speaking on behalf of the National Online Safety Coalition on […] The post Meta’s fact-checking policy shift raises mis…

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Meta’s fact-checking policy shift raises misinformation concerns in Nigeria – Groups warn

Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, has announced a radical shift in its content policies by eliminating its data verification program (fact checking) and replacing it with a community note system, similar to that used by X (formerly Twitter). This change, presented as an effort to promote freedom of expression, has been ...

Meta, la compañía detrás de Facebook e Instagram, ha anunciado un giro radical en sus políticas de contenido al eliminar su programa de verificación de datos (fact checking) y reemplazarlo con un sistema de notas comunitarias, similar al utilizado por X (antes Twitter). Este cambio, presentado como un esfuerzo por promover la libertad de expresión, …

Meta realiza cambios en su política de contenido para promover libertad de expresión, ¿Será por llegada de Trump?

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Meta makes changes in its content policy to promote freedom of expression, will it be because of Trump's arrival?

Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Threads, has stirred controversy by announcing significant changes to its political content policies. The decision to replace traditional fact-checkers with Community Notes comes just two days after a prior announcement about content moderation adjustments. This move has reignited debates about the platform’s role in the dissemination of political discourse and misinformation. Adam Mosseri, head of Insta…

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Meta Faces Backlash Over New Political Content Policy

Social media company Meta Platforms has announced that it is scrapping its U.S. fact-checking program and easing restrictions on discussions about contentious topics such as immigration and gender identity.    CEO Mark Zuckerberg has indicated a willingness to mend relations with the incoming administration. I Photo: Mark Zuckerberg Facebook     The move comes amidst criticism from conservatives and ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's second…

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Meta loosens content moderation and ends fact-checking, responding to Donald Trump’s election

Mark Zuckerberg “heard the message” from Donald Trump that fact-checking programs constitute “censorship” and so Meta platforms will interfere “less and less” with user content during the president-elect's term, according to Facebook whistleblower Frank Sis Haugen. In 2021, in testimony before a committee of the US Congress, Haugen accused Facebook of choosing profit over safety and social responsibility. Zuckerberg's announcement that Meta will…

Ο Μαρκ Ζάκερμπεργκ «άκουσε το μήνυμα» του Ντόναλντ Τραμπ ότι τα προγράμματα του fact-checking συνιστούν «λογοκρισία» και έτσι οι πλατφόρμες της Meta θα παρεμβαίνουν «ολοένα και λιγότερο» στο περιεχόμενο των χρηστών κατά τη διάρκεια της θητείας του εκλεγμένου Αμερικανού προέδρου, σύμφωνα με την πληροφοριοδότη του Facebook, Φράνσις Χάουγκεν. Το 2021, σε κατάθεση ενώπιον επιτροπής του αμερικανικού Κογκρέσου, η Χάουγκεν κατηγόρησε το Facebook ότι επ…

Meta loosens content moderation and ends fact-checking, responding to Donald Trump’s election

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