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Meta's Future Looks Like a Lot Like Elon Musk's X

By abandoning fact-checkers and loosening its Hateful Conduct policy, Meta has made clear the future it wants for its platforms.

Wired - 2h

The Guardian view on content moderation: Meta did far too little. Now it wants to do even less | Editorial

Loosening already limited safeguards on social media platforms is not just damaging. It could ultimately prove deadly. Mark Zuckerberg famously boasted that Facebook had a saying: “Move fast and ...

The Guardian - 2h

How a handful of X accounts took Elon Musk ‘down the rabbit hole’ on UK politics

Tech billionaire’s posts about grooming gangs scandal have elevated issue

Financial Times - 8h

Social-Media Companies Decide Content Moderation Is Trending Down

Meta follows in X’s footsteps by letting users fact-check each other with “Community Notes.”

The Wall Street Journal - 18h

Meta announces major changes in fact checking and content moderation

Meta, the parent of Facebook, said it will eliminate traditional fact-checking and will rely instead on community notes. The move was part of a pivot to a new emphasis on free speech. Meta will ...

NBC News - 21h

Meta Drops Rules Protecting LGBTQ Community as Part of Content Moderation Overhaul

The changes included allowing users to share “allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation.”

The New York Times - 23h

Meta Replaces Fact-Checking With X-Style Community Notes

Mark Zuckerberg will take a page from rival Elon Musk and let user comments supply their reactions and evaluations of posts, rather than using third-party fact checkers.

Inc. - 1d

Meta retreats from fact-checking content: what it means for businesses

The changes could make it easier for users to criticize brands or implicate them in conspiracies, and harder for brands to force takedowns.

VentureBeat - 1d

Meta Turns to Community Notes, Mirroring X

Social media companies are abandoning years of fact-checking practices as Republicans criticize it as censorship.

The New York Times - 1d

Elon Musk and His Megaphone, X, Rattle British Politics

With 211 million followers on social media, the multibillionaire seems intent on using his global platform to rattle British politics.

The New York Times - 1d

Shutterstock and Getty Images will join to become a $3.7B visual content company

Visual content companies Shutterstock and Getty Images will join to become a $3.7 billion visual content company

ABC News - 1d

Meta exempted top advertisers from standard content moderation process

Social media giant’s ‘guardrails’ intended to ‘protect high spenders’ amid internal concern its systems over-enforced rules

Financial Times - 5h

Facebook Shifts Content Moderation to Its Users. Are You Ready?

Meta is joining X and YouTube in shifting moderation to users. Are you ready?

The New York Times - 19h

Disney’s stock gets upgrade amid content ‘renaissance’ and streaming profit growth

Walt Disney Co.’s stock was upgraded to buy Tuesday by analyst firm Redburn Atlantic, which cited improved content performance and growth in streaming profit.

MarketWatch - 19h

How would X's "community notes" model work on Meta platforms?

Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced Tuesday that its platforms will eliminate their third-party fact-checking systems. NPR correspondent Shannon Bond joins "The Daily Report" ...

CBS News - 20h

Meta scraps fact-checking, brings back political content in latest Trump-friendly move

Meta announces intent to "restore free expression" on its platforms

CNBC - 23h

Why Meta is ending fact-checking, shifting to Elon Musk's X notes system

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company will cease third-party fact-checking and move toward community notes similar to those used on X, the social media company owned by Elon Musk. CBS ...

CBS News - 1d

Meta to end fact-checking, replacing it with system similar to Musk's X

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg cites "cultural tipping point" of election in making major changes to practices.

CBS News - 1d

Getty Images to buy Shutterstock as part of $3.7 billion visual content expansion

Getty Images said on Tuesday it would merge with rival Shutterstock to create a $3.7 billion stock image powerhouse geared for the artificial intelligence era, in a deal that would likely draw ...

NBC News - 1d

Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content

Mark Zuckerberg says company will ‘dramatically reduce censorship’ across Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Meta will get rid of factcheckers, “dramatically reduce the amount of censorship” and ...

The Guardian - 1d

Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a 'community notes' system similar to X

Meta is scrapping its fact-checking program with trusted partners and replacing it with a community-driven system similar to X’s Community Notes, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said.

NBC News - 1d

Signing five-star Deniya Prawl signifies return to title contention for Lady Vols

Prawl headlines one of Tennessee's best recruiting classes in years

CBS Sports - 2d

Kerr, Warriors content to wait out any new deals

With the trade deadline more than a month away, Golden State coach Steve Kerr said he wants to see what his roster can do this month to assess what the 18-16 Warriors have before making any new ...

ESPN - 3d

Embracing X and a turn by Timothée Chalamet: how Bob Dylan is capturing gen Z

As Chalamet plays the singer in the acclaimed biopic A Complete Unknown , the man himself has taken, at 83, to posting on X. In 1965, Bob Dylan was the most fashionable musician in the world. Over ...

The Guardian - 4d

How Elon Musk’s X became the global right’s supercharged front page

Musk has now used X as a platform to make aggressive interventions in US politics – and in those of other countries. As a business proposition, Elon Musk’s ownership of X, formerly known as ...

The Guardian - 4d

Californians Say X Blocked Them From Viewing Amber Alert About Missing 14-Year-Old

Many people reported they hit a screen preventing them from seeing the alert unless they signed in.

Wired - 5d

Branded content you can trust

CBS News Brand Studio provides creative, narrative-driven branded content from a trusted, legacy brand with the SEO and social media power to deliver results.

CBS News - 6d

Europol dismantles network of illegal streaming of sports and other pirated content

A Europol operation during last summer’s European Championship and Paris Olympics dismantled a network of several hundred providers of illegal streaming of sports and other pirated content

ABC News - 6d

Content Creators Worry OpenAI Won’t Release a Tool That Promised to Protect Their IP

OpenAI said it would make it easy for content creators to prevent their material from being used to train AI, but it hasn’t yet delivered.

Inc. - 6d

New information on suspect, contents of Cybertruck in Las Vegas explosion

Investigators are learning more about the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas Thursday. CBS News correspondent Andres Gutierrez has more on what was found inside the ...