Fact-checking reversal lets Zuckerberg drop charade
Financial Express Delhi|January 09, 2025
MARK ZUCKERBERG'S VIDEO announcement on Tuesday that the company would abandon its fact-checking efforts and loosen moderation marks a stunning reversal of years of promises regarding safety and misinformation.After promoting GOP-ally Joel Kaplan to head of policy and appointing Donald Trump pal Dana White to Meta's board, this next act to open the floodgates to hate speech means the MAGA storming of Menlo Park is just about complete. There is a view that Zuckerberg has shamefully abandoned his values in fear of Trump and in the hope that cosying up will be good for business. But it would be wrong to believe Zuckerberg ever truly held those values in the first place — and he's finally found the political cover needed to drop a years-long charade on safety and shed any pretence about being responsible for the accuracy of information that users see.
Bloomberg

MARK ZUCKERBERG'S VIDEO announcement on Tuesday that the company would abandon its fact-checking efforts and loosen moderation marks a stunning reversal of years of promises regarding safety and misinformation.

After promoting GOP-ally Joel Kaplan to head of policy and appointing Donald Trump pal Dana White to Meta's board, this next act to open the floodgates to hate speech means the MAGA storming of Menlo Park is just about complete.

There is a view that Zuckerberg has shamefully abandoned his values in fear of Trump and in the hope that cosying up will be good for business. But it would be wrong to believe Zuckerberg ever truly held those values in the first place — and he's finally found the political cover needed to drop a years-long charade on safety and shed any pretence about being responsible for the accuracy of information that users see.

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