Meta goes ‘MAGA’: Facebook adjusts fact-checking approach as Zuckerberg touts ‘free expression’ and cites ‘cultural tipping point’

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  No Fact-Checking and More Hate Speech: Meta Goes MAGA

  Mark Zuckerberg has fully adopted the language of his former right-wing critics about what constitutes censorship.
  
  Wired - 2h

• Meta employees criticize Zuckerberg decisions to end fact-checking, add Dana White to board

  Meta employees internally criticized the company's decision to end third-party fact-checking two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.
  
  CNBC - 17h

• Meta Ends Fact-Checking on Facebook, Instagram in Free-Speech Pitch

  CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who has been building ties with the incoming Trump administration, said the move was an attempt to restore free expression on its platforms.
  
  The Wall Street Journal - 18h
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  Do Facts Meta on Facebook?

  Mark Zuckerberg removes fact-checking on his platforms.
  
  BBC News - 19h

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• Mark Zuckerberg announces end of fact-checking program for Meta

  Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a video that its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, will no longer implement a fact-checking policy, instead relying on community notes similar to ...
  
  NBC News - 1d
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  Mark Zuckerberg sports $900,000 watch as he calls time on Meta fact-checking

  Tech giant CEO wore Greubel Forsey ‘Hand Made 1’, which retails for $895,500, as he announced policy overhaul. Mark Zuckerberg wore a rare Swiss watch worth nearly $900,000 as he announced a ...
  
  The Guardian - 15h
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  Some Meta employees criticize Zuckerberg decisions to end fact-checking, add Dana White to board

  Meta employees took to their internal forum Tuesday, criticizing the company’s decision to end third-party fact-checking on its services two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
  
  NBC News - 16h
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  Meta ending fact-checking program: Zuckerberg

  Social media giant Meta announced a series of changes to its content moderation policies Tuesday, including the elimination of its fact-checking program, in what CEO Mark Zuckerberg said was an ...
  
  The Hill - 1d

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