President-elect Trump on Tuesday said that social media giant Meta has progressed as a company after it announced that it would eliminate its fact-checking program.



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Zuckerberg’s MAGA turn insulates Meta for a while. But the business has bigger problems

The social media giant Meta is ending third-party fact checking of Facebook and its other platforms, relying instead on a community notes system. Meta's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg said recent elections felt like a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritising free speech, arguing that fact checkers were too politically biased. We hear two views of the change. 
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Meta's decision to abandon its fact-checking program and adopt a crowdsourced model emphasising "free expression" has sparked an intense debate about its implications for misinformation and hate speech online.

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As Meta Ditches Fact-Checking, Here's How Zuckerberg Bends Knee To Trump

Critics termed Mark Zuckerberg's move part of Meta's latest series of efforts to mend ties with the upcoming administration under Donald Trump.

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Why is Mark Zuckerberg's Meta replacing stringent fact checks with ‘liberal’ community notes?

Even before Meta dropped fact-checkers, it could be hard to know what to believe on social media. Parents can help kids sort through posts to learn what’s true.

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There’s going to be even more harmful content on social media as Meta drops fact-checkers. What to tell your kids

Meta is to get rid of fact checkers, loosen rules on hate speech and “push back” against Europe and other regulatory bodies that try to “censor” content through their own laws, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged the role of the recent US elections in his thinking, saying they “feel like a cultural tipping point”.

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If applied in Brazil, the end of fact-checking and the reduction of filters will be the subject of Justice. Mark Zuckerberg, president of Meta (Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp), announced on Tuesday the end of the fact-checking program and the reduction of the action of filters that automatically remove certain content from digital platforms. The measures initially apply to the United States, but Zuckerberg has stated that he will work with Don…

Se aplicados no Brasil, fim da checagem de fatos e redução de filtros serão alvo da Justiça Em vídeo, Mark Zuckerberg, presidente da Meta (Facebook, Instagram e WhatsApp), anunciou na terça-feira o fim do programa de checagem de fatos e a redução da ação de filtros que automaticamente retiram certos conteúdos das plataformas digitais. As medidas valem inicialmente para os Estados Unidos, mas Zuckerberg declarou que trabalhará com Donald Trump pa…

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Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Four years ago, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg banned Donald Trump from Facebook and Instagram, saying the risks of allowing him on the platforms were “simply too great” after Trump repeatedly used the sites to broadcast election lies and cheer on the January 6 mob. A lot’s changed. Now, Zuckerberg is making it crystal clear that Meta and MAGA can get along. The social media giant is canning its fact-ch…

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Analysis by Kara Alaimo, CNN (CNN) — Many parents were already worried about their kids being exposed to false information and other harmful content

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Meta employees blasted the company's decision to do away with third party fact-checkers and to add pro-Trump voices to the board of directors.

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Trump says Meta has ‘come a long way’ after it ends fact-checking program

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