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Zuckerberg and Meta drop their misinformation charade
Trump’s return to power offers a convenient cover for dropping fact-checking efforts.
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While it’s hard to fathom when exactly America’s culture wars began to take hold, it’s much easier to pinpoint the moment when Meta became one of its central characters.
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Dave Lee
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Meta chief 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.
As I watched it, I wondered whether Meta Platforms’ PR team held off until Jan 7 because posting it on Jan 6 – the anniversary of the US Capitol insurrection – would have been too on the nose.
