Mark Zuckerberg’s decision regarding Meta platforms condemned as ‘a full bending of the knee’ to Donald Trump
Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to ditch factcheckers on Facebook and “prioritise free speech” weeks before Donald Trump returns to power was condemned on Tuesday as a “major step back” for public discourse.In a statement on Tuesday he said that, starting in the US, independent factcheckers would be replaced in the US by a system of “community notes” similar to that used on X, Elon Musk’s social media platform which relies on users to add caveats and context to contentious posts.
Trump and Zuckerberg have had a rollercoaster relationship, with Trump threatening to jail the tech boss if he interfered in the election and then a November rapprochement with The Centre for Information Resilience, an organisation whose activities include tracking online hate speech and disinformation based on people’s gender ethnicity and sexuality, warned it was a “major step back for content moderation at a time when disinformation and harmful content are evolving faster than ever”.
The UK TV host Piers Morgan reflected a seam of support for Meta’s move when he welcomed it as “a complete U-turn on all woke censorship & cancel culture bullsh*t”. “Our relationship with the US across a number of areas is a very important one,” they said, adding: “Our online safety provisions coming in March are among the strongest on offer.”
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