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Mark Zuckerberg takes a cue from Elon Musk: Facebook and Instagram will ditch fact checking and instead rely on community notes
Mark Zuckerberg claimed content moderation went too far at Meta, and it’s time for a change. Its platforms will no longer rely on third-party fact checkers, instead copying the “community notes” feature from Elon Musk’s X.
Mark Zuckerberg Copies Elon Musk as Facebook to Become Free Speech Platform
Mark Zuckerberg has announced that he intends to copy Elon Musk's X by turning Facebook into a free speech platform.
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It’s also the latest indication that Zuckerberg is trying to buddy up to incoming president Donald Trump, and is in that respect becoming more like Trump’s current right-hand man in tech: Elon Musk.
Mark Zuckerberg and Meta Abandon Fact-Checking
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Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg to end firm’s ‘biased’ fact-checker programs in favour of system used by Elon Musk’s X
META boss Mark Zuckerberg is set to end the company’s ‘fact-checker’ programs in favour of a system used on rival site X. “Biased” independent moderators on Facebook and Instagram will be replaced
Zuck goes full Musk, dumps Facebook fact-checking program
Meta will replace it with so-called community notes like on the X platform. The content moderation changes won’t be rolled out in the EU for now.
What are the Facebook and Instagram changes Mark Zuckerberg just announced?
Meta is to scrap independent fact-checking in favour of a system similar to that on Elon Musk’s social media platform X.
Elon Musk applauds Zuckerberg's move ending fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram
Elon Musk praised Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg's move to end fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram, following Musk's lead after he implemented community notes on X.
Mark Zuckerberg Rushes to Beat Elon Musk at Sucking up to Trump
Mark Zuckerberg is turning Meta into yet another propaganda machine for Donald Trump and the far-right. In a video statement published Tuesday, Zuckerberg announced that Meta would be enacting a series of policy changes purportedly for the purpose of fostering free speech,
Musk Says End Of Facebook Fact-checking 'Is Cool'
Elon Musk on Tuesday praised the decision by fellow billionaire Mark Zuckerberg to end fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in the US.
Facebook culls fact-checkers and mimics Elon Musk in bid to ‘restore’ free speech on social media
Facebook, Instagram, and Threads will no longer be policed by fact-checkers, Mark Zuckerberg has announced. The most popular social media platforms on the planet will now rely on a crowd-sourced system,
Meta to end fact-checking, replacing it with community-driven system akin to Elon Musk's X
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday said the social media company is putting an end to its fact-check program and replacing ...
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Mainstream Press Decry Zuckerberg Pledge To Restore Free Speech at Facebook As Unleashing ‘Wild West’
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Mark Zuckerberg Ends Meta Fact-Checking as Donald Trump Takes Office: Live
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Zuckerberg announces end to Facebook’s third-party fact-checking, admits model became a tool for censorship: ‘Too many mistakes’
Community Notes model will allow users on Meta's social media sites Facebook, Instagram and Threads to call out posts that ...
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is moving moderators from California to Texas to combat concerns about bias and censorship
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