Summary

Mark Zuckerberg ended Metaā€™s factchecking program on Facebook and Instagram, replacing it with user-submitted ā€œCommunity Notes,ā€ similar to Twitter.

The move is part of a broader shift to the political right, aligning with Donald Trumpā€™s incoming administration.

Zuckerberg criticized factcheckers as ā€œpolitically biasedā€ and promised fewer ā€œcensorship mistakes.ā€

Meta has also elevated conservatives to key roles and moved content moderation operations from California to Texas, mirroring Elon Muskā€™s strategies.

While the changes may alienate liberals and some advertisers, analysts expect minimal financial impact on Meta.

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I think most of us could have predicted this decades and decades ago, though. Many are some of the same dinguses that fly the loser flag of traitors, after all.

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        12 hours ago

        Well, the flag they should really fly if they want to celebrate ā€œtheir heritageā€ is a white flag of surrender, since they lost.