Mark Zuckerberg says company will ‘dramatically reduce censorship’ across Facebook, Instagram and Threads

Summary

Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta will eliminate factcheckers, reduce content censorship, and recommend more political content on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.

He emphasized prioritizing free speech, inspired by Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

Meta plans to replace factcheckers with “community notes,” similar to Elon Musk’s X platform, and shift content moderation teams to Texas.

Restrictions on sensitive topics like immigration and gender will be eased, focusing moderation on severe violations.

Critics and Meta’s oversight board urge external input to ensure effective, balanced content governance.

  • NuXCOM_90Percent
    51·
    3 days ago

    It isn’t new. We had vance outright complain that facts were being checked while he was lying his ass off in his one debate.

    This is just the trajectory that fascists have been working toward for decades. Intellectuals are villified by all sides (think about that the next time you see your favorite comedic character make fun of a teacher or a scientist because they “lack common sense” and so forth) and now we are at the point where “fact checking” is for liberals and their “fake news”