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Laura Loomer pushes Meta to put her on advisory board to prove it’s ‘serious about ending censorship’

Hours earlier, Meta announced that it plans to ditch fact-checkers as part of an effort toward ‘restoring freedom of expression’ on Facebook and Instagram

The Independent UK

Disinformation Experts Slam Meta Decision To End US Fact-checking

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.

International Business Times

Morning Mail: Meta dumps factcheckers, housing market ‘buckling’, Greenland in Trump’s sights

Mark Zuckerberg says platforms will slash censorship as he appoints Trump ally to the board; housing report says rates and cost of living weighing on prices

The Guardian - AU

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Why did Mark Zuckerberg end Facebook and Instagram’s factchecking program?

The social media giant enters a more partisan political era as its CEO pursues Donald Trump’s approval

The Guardian - US

Ditching of Facebook factcheckers a ‘major step back’ for public discourse, critics say

Mark Zuckerberg’s decision regarding Meta platforms condemned as ‘a full bending of the knee’ to Donald Trump

The Guardian - UK

X's 'Community Notes': A Model For Meta?

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that the group's platforms including Facebook and Instagram would in future imitate rival X's "Community Notes" feature rather than using professional fact-checkers.

International Business Times

Meta to move content moderators to Texas as part of plan to end fact-checking program

The tech giant’s decision to end the program comes as CEO Mark Zuckerberg seeks to mend ties with the incoming Trump administration.

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Facebook lifts restrictions on calling women ‘property’ and transgender people ‘freaks’

The social media giant Meta has loosened its public rules on hate speech as Mark Zuckerberg seeks to curry favour with Donald Trump

The Independent UK

Donald Trump Praises Meta's Decision To Remove Fact Checkers

President-elect Trump approves Meta's decision to replace fact checkers with 'community notes,' sparking discussions and speculation.

Top News

Meta to get rid of factcheckers and work with Donald Trump to champion 'free speech'

The Facebook and Instagram CEO will scale back the platform’s fact checking systems

Evening Standard

New Jersey man accused of killing fiancée day after he proposed to her in Facebook video

Jose Melo wrote: ‘I love you baby,’ in the caption of the Facebook video showing the proposal

The Independent UK

Social media giant Meta scraps fact-checking for ‘community notes’

Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, says allowing fact-checkers to assess content ‘became a tool to censor’.

Al Jazeera

Meta Adds Dana White to Its Board, Ends Fact-Checking: What to Know

Meta stock is lower Tuesday after the Facebook parent said it is adding UFC CEO Dana White to its board of directors and ending fact-checking on its platforms.

Kiplinger

Mark Zuckerberg scraps Facebook fact-checkers

Mark Zuckerberg has announced plans to axe fact-checking at Meta.

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Meta ditches fact-checking post-Trump

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg cast his decision as "restoring free expression" on his platforms

The Guardian - UK

A new era of lies: Mark Zuckerberg has just ushered in an extinction-level event for truth on social media

The Meta boss’s decision to drastically change Facebook and Instagram’s factchecking programme has set the stage for a fact-free four years online, says author Chris Stokel-Walker

Fortune

Mark Zuckerberg takes a cue from Elon Musk: Facebook and Instagram will ditch fact-checking and instead rely on community notes

The Meta CEO announced changes to content moderation just in time for a familiar incoming presidential administration.

The Independent UK

Meta ends fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in favour of community notes

Mark Zuckerberg admitted the move will mean more ‘bad stuff’ on his social media platforms, which are used by billions of people.

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International Business Times

Meta Going MAGA: Facebook to Adopt Elon Musk-Style Fact Checking As Close Trump Ally Joins Executive Board

Meta, the social media company that launched an independent fact-checking program in 2016, will get rid of fact checkers to usher in other changes to its moderation policies.

The Independent UK

Meta axing fact checkers on Facebook and Instagram to rely solely on ‘community notes’

News feeds will also be filled with more political content

The Guardian - UK

Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content

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

International Business Times

Meta Announces Ending Fact-checking Program In The US

Social media giant Meta announced Tuesday a significant rollback of its content moderation policies, including the termination of its third-party fact-checking program in the United States.

The Independent UK

Meta replaces fact-checking with X-style community notes

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta says it’s scrapping its third-party fact checking program and replacing it with a Community Notes program written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk’s social media platform X

The Guardian - US

Nick Clegg’s departure signals a new political era at Meta

Centrist and globalist Clegg is being replaced by a conservative champion ahead of Trump’s second term

The Guardian - UK

To see how Trump will control the US media, look at Viktor Orbán’s Hungary

Meta looks to be following X’s tilt towards the right. It leaves the way open for an insidious hollowing out of democracy, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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