Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to eliminate third-party fact-checkers, implement community notes similar to X, and prioritize free speech on Facebook and Instagram.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company would drop its third-party fact-checkers, use community notes like X, and restore free speech. 'I want to talk about something important today because it’s time to get back to our roots around free expression on Facebook and Instagram ,' Zuckerberg said. 'I started building social media to give people a voice. I gave a speech at Georgetown five years ago about the importance of protecting free expression, and I still believe this today.
' Zuckerberg confessed the government and media pushed too hard to censor people on Meta platforms, especially after Trump won in 2016. However, the 'complex systems to moderate content' got out of control, targeting and suppressing speech that did not harm anyone. 'We tried in good faith to address those concerns without becoming the arbiters of truth, but the fact checkers have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they’ve created, especially in the US,' continued Zuckerberg.Zuckerberg promised to target 'legitimately bad stuff' such as 'drugs, terrorism, and child exploitation.' Censorship sucks. The law makes it hard for someone to prove libel and slander, even more so for public figures, on purpose due to the First Amendment. 'Even if they accidentally censor just 1% of posts, that’s millions of people,' explained Zuckerberg. 'And we’ve reached a point where it’s just too many mistakes and too much censorship.'The company will also eliminate a 'bunch of restrictions on topics like immigration and gender that are just out of touch with mainstream discourse.' 'What started as a movement to be more inclusive had increasingly been used to shut down opinions and shut out people with different ideas, and it’s gone too far,' Zuckerberg adde
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