Zuckerberg Defends Meta's Content Policy Shift Amid Biden's Criticism
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg faces backlash for ending the fact-checking program as President Biden calls the decision 'shameful.'
Zuckerberg described the situation as “brutal,” claiming that multiple government agencies investigated and scrutinized Meta during this period.
Mark Zuckerberg details Biden admin censorship on Joe Rogan podcast
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Biden said the move would allow "things that are simply not true" to be read by millions of people. "I think it’s really shameful."
Biden calls Meta's decision to end fact-checking 'really shameful'
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Zuckerberg’s social media giant is also changing its policies on various divisive issues, like immigration and gender, including rolling back some protections for LGBTQ users on its platforms.
Zuckerberg says Biden officials would ‘scream,’ ‘curse’ at Meta team over COVID takedown requests
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Judge Doughty called it “the most massive attack against free speech in United States’ history.”
Zuckerberg Exposes Biden’s ‘Ministry of Truth’
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Zuckerberg has scrapped the company’s fact-checking program in the U.S. on Facebook, Instagram, and other Meta platforms.
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Zuckerberg's recent moves are a strong signal to both his employees and the nation about the future of Meta and the relationship he hopes the social network will build with the incoming Trump administration.
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Zuckerberg has expressed criticism in the past about the Biden administration's handling of Covid-related content.
Zuckerberg says Biden administration pushed Meta 'super hard' to take down vaccine content
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Zuckerberg said his own company's fact-checking process was "something out of 1984," and led to a broad belief that the fact-checkers his own company employed "were too biased."
Zuckerberg on Rogan: Facebook's censorship was "something out of 1984"
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Zuckerberg said that White House officials became the “most extreme” about targeting certain posts “when they were trying to roll out the vaccine program” in 2021.
Mark Zuckerberg Says Biden Admin Pushed to Censor COVID Vaccine Posts, Memes
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I think, on balance, the vaccines are more positive than negative, but I think that while they’re trying to push that program, they also tried to censor anyone who was basically arguing against it.
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I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it.
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The US government should be defending its companies, not be at the tip of the spear attacking its companies.
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Meta announced Tuesday that it would be lifting restrictions on speech to "restore free expression" across Facebook, Instagram and Meta platforms, admitting its current content moderation practices have "gone too far."
Zuckerberg tells Rogan Biden admin would 'scream' and 'curse' at his employees, demanding censorship
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With the second reign of Donald Trump looming, Meta finally has permission to abandon its ethics and chase the dragon of engagement wherever it leads – even if it leads to the death of truth on the internet.
Mark Zuckerberg’s end to Meta factchecking is a desperate play for engagement
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I think that those were basically these two events where, for the first time, we just faced this massive, massive institutional pressure to basically start censoring content on ideological grounds.
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For years, regardless of the pleas of users, conservative organizations and legislators, Facebook flaunted its censorship by labeling it “fact-checking.” It jailed people for harmless and honest speech.
Sorry Mark Zuckerberg, we don't trust you on free speech
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Big tech seems to be getting out of the censorship business, and it's about time.... but whatever the reason, we should celebrate the change and work to make it permanent.
Facebook’s new free speech policy shows business getting back to business
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Summary
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced an end to the company's fact-checking program, replacing it with a community-driven system. This decision sparked backlash from President Biden, who condemned it as 'shameful.' Biden asserted that the move would lead to misinformation being widely accessible, undermining truthfulness in media. Zuckerberg defended the policy shift, citing intense pressure from the Biden administration to censor various content, including humor. The change in content moderation policies has ignited controversy, raising concerns about the integrity of information shared on social media.
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