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Meta Ends Fact Checking on Social Media Platforms
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Main points
- Meta plans to end third-party fact-checking and move to a community note-based content moderation model.
- CEO Mark Zuckerberg said fact-checkers are so politically biased that they “undermine more trust than they create.”
- The social media giant said it would work with the incoming Trump administration to stop attempts by foreign governments to censor free speech.
MetaPlatform (Mehta) is ending its third-party fact-checking program on its platform, starting with the U.S. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the move was aimed at restoring free speech.
Meta announced on Tuesday that Facebook, Instagram and Threads will move to a community notes model that relies on contributing users to flag misinformation. Elon Musk’s Joel Kaplan, Meta’s chief global affairs officer, said Platform X operates on a similar model.
Zuckerberg said in the video that fact-checkers have “too much political bias and destroy more trust than they create.”
Zuckerberg said that as part of the changes, Meta would “remove a number of restrictions on topics that are disconnected from mainstream discourse,” such as immigration and gender.
Mehta will work with Trump
Zuckerberg said Mehta plans to work with President-elect Donald Trump’s administration to “fight back against governments around the world going after U.S. companies and pushing for greater scrutiny.” “The only way we can reverse this global trend is with the support of the U.S. government.”
Meta, meanwhile, is set to go on trial in April as part of a lawsuit filed against the U.S. government. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)According to reports. The agency sued the company in 2020, claiming it maintained the social network monopoly through its acquisition Instagram and Whatsapp.
Last year, Zuckerberg said the Biden administration Put pressure on the company 2021 to review content on its platform.
Dana White Joins Meta Board of Directors
The policy shift comes a day after Meta announced that Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White will join the company’s board of directors. White has reportedly praised Trump before and attended a Madison Square Garden rally in October.
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