Facebook, or Meta, announced sweeping changes on its platform, which did not sit well with the liberal media. For starters, the left-wing fact-checkers held on this platform will be virtually erased. Mark Zuckerberg announced these intentions today when he admitted content moderation had gone off the reservation. Fact checks will be replaced by something similar to community notes on Twitter (via Fox News):
"We're going to get rid of fact-checkers and replace them with community notes, similar to X, starting in the U.S," Mark Zuckerberg announces pic.twitter.com/oG1fScGqwG
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 7, 2025
This is just incredible. Brian Stelter is attacking Elon and Zuckerberg for committing to free speech. He says Zuckerberg’s announcement is a “MAGA makeover” and will turn away liberals.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 7, 2025
For years Conservatives were censored and silenced by big tech.
Democrats can’t stand that… pic.twitter.com/8Y0Z2LChqd
Number of shots fired in Zuckerberg’s post announcing new approach to moderating content at Meta.
— Jessica Lessin (@Jessicalessin) January 7, 2025
1) Biden
2) Legacy media
3) Journalists
4) California/Newsom
5) recent discourse around immigration and gender identity
6) China
7) Some Latin American governments
Sure I missed…
Meta is ending its fact-checking program and lifting restrictions on speech to "restore free expression" across Facebook, Instagram and Meta platforms, admitting its current content moderation practices have "gone too far."
"We’re going to get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies and restoring free expression on our platforms," Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a video posted Tuesday morning. "More specifically, we’re going to get rid of fact-checkers and replace them with Community Notes similar to X, starting in the U.S."
Meta’s chief global affairs officer, Joel Kaplan, joined Fox News Channel’s "Fox & Friends" Tuesday morning for an exclusive interview to discuss the changes.
"This is a great opportunity for us to reset the balance in favor of free expression. As Mark says in that video, what we're doing is we're getting back to our roots and free expression," Kaplan told "Fox & Friends."
Meta’s third-party fact-checking program was put in place after the 2016 election and had been used to "manage content" and misinformation on its platforms, largely due to "political pressure," executives said, but admitted the system has "gone too far."
Here’s my statement on @Meta ending factchecking program. pic.twitter.com/hyAvXKCEXO
— Angie Drobnic Holan (@AngieHolan) January 7, 2025
Kindly get fucked. https://t.co/C7CYc9EQFN pic.twitter.com/JuvyZSLL3B
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) January 7, 2025
In honor of Facebook removing liberal dark money fact-checkers, throwback to one of my favorite Politifact efforts:
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) January 7, 2025
When AOC was arrested and pretended she was handcuffed… when she was not. https://t.co/aK91UWUuEt
It’s another blow to the legacy media. CNN’s Brian Stelter lamented that this means more freedom of speech and expression on Facebook, while other fact-checkers voiced disappointment. How more free speech will hurt users is absurd. You can be wrong. You can have nutty theories. This notion that the media and the Left must control speech for it to be safe is in itself creepy.
Big picture: Mark Zuckerberg just announced sweeping changes to the social internet, all in line with the desires of President Trump and Trump voters.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 7, 2025
Out with the fact-checkers that conservatives deride. In with more permissive rules for posting conservative opinions.
I can't believe he posted that, by the way.
Also, the answer is no one:
So the question is: How many users will miss the fact-checkers when they're gone?
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 7, 2025
UPDATE: Oh, the usual people are not taking this news well.
This is a real news report from an hour ago. pic.twitter.com/Mzn0BZVcoP
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) January 7, 2025
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