Meta's content-moderation changes aim to appease Donald Trump and his conservative allies.
Mark Zuckerberg's moves follow efforts to align with Trump, including meetings and policy shifts.
Meta's new approach includes ending third-party fact-checking and demoting its Trust and Safety team.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-...43910.html
(09-01-2025, 05:04 PM)theold Wrote: [ -> ]Meta's content-moderation changes aim to appease Donald Trump and his conservative allies.
Mark Zuckerberg's moves follow efforts to align with Trump, including meetings and policy shifts.
Meta's new approach includes ending third-party fact-checking and demoting its Trust and Safety team.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-...43910.html
Trump wanted to jail him at first.
Politicians criticise Mark Zuckerberg’s choice to scrap fact checkers, affecting Facebook, Instagram and Threads
“The fact that Zuckerberg said he’s following the example of X must raise concerns when we compare how X is a platform for misinformation to a greater extent than Facebook has been.”
Zuckerberg has said his policy of ditching factcheckers applies only in the US for now, but his broadside against Europe has raised concerns that he is planning to roll out the approach in Europe.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2...ay-experts