Meta is ending its fact-checking program and lifting restrictions on speech across Facebook, Instagram, and Meta platforms. CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated that content moderation practices have 'gone too far' and the company will focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying policies, and restoring free expression. Meta will replace fact-checkers with a Community Notes model similar to X (formerly Twitter).
FIRST ON FOX: Meta is ending its fact-checking program and lifting restrictions on speech to 'restore free expression' across Facebook , Instagram and Meta platforms, admitting its current content moderation practices have 'gone too far.' 'We’re going to get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies and restoring free expression on our platforms,' Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a video posted Tuesday morning.
Kaplan also told Fox News Digital that Meta is changing some of its own content moderation rules, especially those that they feel are 'too restrictive and not allowing enough discourse around sensitive topics like immigration, trans issues and gender.' 'We want to make sure that discourse can happen freely on the platform without fear of censorship,' Kaplan told Fox News Digital. 'We have the power to change the rules and make them more supportive of free expression.
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