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meta the company behind Facebook and
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Instagram just revealed a major move
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that will change how information is
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handled on its platforms and it looks
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like the decision is closely linked to
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the newly elected president Donald Trump
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let's break it down CEO Mark zackenberg
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announced this week that meta is
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ditching its third- party factchecking
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program instead they're introducing a
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system similar to Elon musk's X formerly
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Twitter's Community notes where users
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instead of external organizations flag
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and annotate misleading content some of
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the main changes that have been outlined
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are the removal of external fact
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Checkers moderation will now be user
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driven with Community notes and content
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policy will be simplified and instead
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focus on severe violations so why now
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critics say it's no coincidence that
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this announcement comes just after
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Trump's reelection meta has pledged a
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million dollars to Trump's inaugural
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fund and zaka himself admitted that this
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move aligns with his vision of free expr
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EX in his words it is time to go back to
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Our Roots about free expression on
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Facebook and Instagram Zuckerberg also
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pointed to political bias in
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factchecking claiming that it has
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destroyed more trust than it has created
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he even called Trump's election a
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cultural Tipping Point for free speech
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however not everyone is buying it
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campaigners are calling this a retreat
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from safe moderation experts also warned
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that this decision could open the
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floodgates for misinformation and
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harmful content what's next meta's big
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bet is on community notes starting in
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the US before rolling out globally it
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will also be moving content moderation
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teams out of California and into Texas
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as part of a major operational shift
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this decision marks a huge gamble for
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the tech giant will it improve free
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expression or will it create more Chaos
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