Guess who’s joining Elon Musk and Donald Trump in a fight for free speech? Or at least free-ish speech? We certainly didn’t have “Meta Goes MAGA” on our Bingo card for this week, but here we are. We think. Maybe.
Starting today, “fact checks” will cease on Meta, Mark Zuckerberg announced in a five-minute video this morning.
Zuckerberg says Facebook and Instagram will now prioritize free speech.
Attributes a recent cultural tipping point to debates like immigration and gender where censorship is now “out of touch”.
Says fact checkers were too biased and legacy media too political about censorship pic.twitter.com/1ituXsFm5s
— Stephen Taylor (@stephen_taylor) January 7, 2025
“We’re going to get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies and restoring free expression on our platforms,” Zuckerberg said in a video Tuesday….
