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Meta’s changes to policing will lead to clash with EU and UK, say experts
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Revisions of ‘hateful conduct’: what users can now say on Meta platforms
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Some Facebook users now allowed to see eBay listings in Marketplace
Meta on Wednesday announced some Facebook users will be able to view eBay listings on its Marketplace features just months after the European Commission slammed the social media company with a ...The Hill - 4d -
The Guardian view on content moderation: Meta did far too little. Now it wants to do even less | Editorial
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How Meta's new community notes program might work as fact-checking ends for Facebook, Instagram
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Facebook Shifts Content Moderation to Its Users. Are You Ready?
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Meta's new hate speech rules allow users to call LGBTQ people mentally ill
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Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have ‘Mental Illness’
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Facebook and Instagram get rid of fact checkers
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