Meta announced Tuesday it's doing away with third-party fact-checking in favor of community notes.Several lawmakers told BI the move is an indication Mark Zuckerberg is catering to Trump.Some business leaders praised Meta for the change while others expressed concern.Meta is carrying out the biggest overhaul to its content moderation system in years.AD The company announced on Tuesday that it's replacing third-party fact-checking program with user-generated community notes, like those on Elon Musk's X, for ...

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Meta faces criticism over its decision to 'get rid' of US fact-checkers. Tech giant Meta's shock announcement to end its US fact-checking program triggered scathing criticism Tuesday from disinformation researchers who warned it risked opening the floodgates for proliferating false narratives. Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerb ...

The first indication of Mark Zuckerberg's capitulation to the MAGA movement came when he went to Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort for Thanksgiving in December.Following which Meta, worth $1.5tn, made a decidedly modest $1m contribution to president-elect Trump's inaugural fund. But it seems geeks bearing gifts wouldn't be enough to placate a president-elect who once threatened to jail the man he called "Zuckerschmuck," whom he accused of conspiring against him in the 2020 election.Trump news conference - as ...

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Meta's announcement repeated many of the complaints made by Republicans and X-owner Elon Musk. Social media giant Meta on Tuesday slashed its content moderation policies, including ending its US fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram, in a major shift that conforms with the priorities of incoming president Donald Trump. ...

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As a part of a significant overhaul of its content moderation policies announced on Tuesday, Meta admitted that its approach to limiting political content across its platforms had been “pretty blunt” and would now be addressed. The company said it would once again phase in political content into Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, allowing people who want political content in their feeds to see more of it. The amount of political content on Meta’s apps has been reduced since 2021, Meta noted in a blog post, b ...

Meta is moving its safety and content moderation teams from California to Texas and other states.CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the shifts would help address concerns of bias and overcensorship.Zuckerberg's Meta appears to be following the lead of Elon Musk's X in prioritizing free speech.Mark Zuckerberg is moving Meta's platform security and content oversight teams out of California, and shifting staff who review posts to Texas, in a bid to combat concerns about liberal bias and overcensorship at his social-medi ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg holds a smartphone, as he makes a keynote speech at the Meta Connect annual event, at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S. September 25, 2024.Meta on Tuesday announced it will eliminate its third-party fact checking program to "restore free expression" and move to a "Community Notes" model, similar to the system that exists on Elon Musk's platform X.The company said Community Notes will be written and rated by contributing users to provide more context to posts ...

Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp, today announced a major overhaul in how it’s handling content moderation on its site, taking off some of the guardrails that it had put in place over the last several years in response to criticism that it had helped to spread political and health misinformation. In a blog post called “More speech, fewer mistakes”, its new chief global affairs officer Joel Kaplan outlined changes are in three key areas:Meta is ending its third-party fact checking program ...

Meta has appointed three new members to its board of directors, the company announced Monday: UFC president and CEO Dana White, European investment company Exor CEO John Elkann, and tech investor and entrepreneur Charlie Songhurst. In a press release, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that White, Elkann, and Songhurst “will add a depth of expertise and perspective” that’ll help Meta “tackle the massive opportunities ahead with AI, wearables, and the future of human connection.” White was named CEO of UFC in 20 ...