Mark Zuckerberg Turns His Back on the Media
The Meta CEO is abandoning his commitment to the truth in favor of a Trump-style playbook.
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Between Elon Musk, a free-for-all Facebook and Donald Trump, truth and decency are likely to have a hard time of it in 2025. How did we get to a week in which the world’s richest man could label ...The Guardian - Jan. 11 -
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Mark Zuckerberg says Biden officials would 'scream' and 'curse' when seeking removal of Facebook content
On an episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" released Friday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg painted a picture of Biden administration officials berating Facebook staff over requests to remove certain ...NBC News - Jan. 10 -
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As factchecking attempts end, Meta’s platforms will become a wasteland of fake news and misinformation. Mark Zuckerberg craves one metric more than any other: engagement, the statistic that ...The Guardian - Jan. 10 -
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What does Mark Zuckerberg know about free speech? | Fiona Katauskas
Everything in moderation, except moderation Continue reading...The Guardian - Jan. 9 -
Mark Zuckerberg's shift to the right was months in the making: From the Politics Desk
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Fact-checkers to Mark Zuckerberg: We never censored anything
Fact-checking firms that teamed with Meta are refuting CEO Mark Zuckerberg's suggestion linking their work to censorship.CBS News - Jan. 8 -
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Mark Zuckerberg has gone full Maga | Siva Vaidhyanathan
It’s a mistake to describe the Meta CEO’s move as a retreat from ‘fact-checking’: it’s a retreat from limiting harm to users. Mark Zuckerberg seems to have gone full Maga. Just two weeks before ...The Guardian - Jan. 8 -
How Mark Zuckerberg pivoted Meta to the right
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that he was ending professional fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram.NBC News - Jan. 8 -
Mark Zuckerberg’s Political Evolution, From Apologies to No More Apologies
Meta’s chief executive has stepped away from his mea culpa approach to issues on his platforms and has told people that he wants to return to his original thinking on free speech.The New York Times - Jan. 7 -
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 - Jan. 7 -
A new era of lies: Mark Zuckerberg has just ushered in an extinction-level event for truth on social media | Chris Stokel-Walker
The Meta boss’s decision to end Facebook and Instagram’s factchecking program has set the stage for a fact-free four years online. Social media has always acted as something of a funhouse mirror to ...The Guardian - Jan. 7 -
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. Meta is shifting to the right, following the prevailing political winds blowing through the ...The Guardian - Jan. 7 -
Mark Zuckerberg Says Meta Fact-Checkers Were the Problem. Fact-Checkers Rule That False.
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Cramer: Meta dumping fact-checkers shows Mark Zuckerberg 'wants to play ball' with Trump
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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 - Jan. 7 -
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