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X is the owner Elon Musk The CEO of the meta platform gave a nod to Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday after he followed his lead in abolishing fact-checking on his social media platform.
X owner Elon Musk applauded Mark Zuckerberg's decision to replace fact-checking on the Meta platform with something like X's Community Notes. (Antonio Masiello/Getty Images/Getty Images)
In response to news of Zuckerberg's promise to “restore” the fact-checkers on Facebook, Instagram and other meta platforms by getting rid of fact-checkers and replacing them with “community notes” similar to Musk's at X, Musk replied, “That's cool.”
X CEO Linda Iaccarino also celebrated Zuckerberg's move, writing in X that Community Notes “has been profoundly successful in keeping free speech sacred.”
He added, “This is a smart move by Zuke and I hope other platforms follow now that X has shown how powerful it is. Bravo!”
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Fox News was the first to report that Meta its end fact-checking programs and lifting restrictions on speech to “restore free expression” across its platforms, admitting that its current content moderation practices “go too far.”
In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, President-elect Donald Trump said he thought Meta's “presentation was great.”
“They have arrived long way,Trump said.
Trump's comments came after the Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg His company “will focus on getting back to our roots and reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies and restoring free expression on our platform,” the company announced in a video Tuesday morning.
Mark Zuckerberg visited Trump's Florida estate Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday. (Getty Images / Getty Images)
Meta's third-party fact-checking program was put in place after the 2016 election and used to “manage content” and misinformation on its platforms, largely “due to political pressure,” executives said, but admitted the system had gone “too far.” ”
Meta has made massive changes to restore free speech on Facebook, Instagram
Meta chief global policy director Joel Kaplan told Fox News Digital that Meta is also changing some of its own content moderation rules, particularly ones it feels are “too restrictive and don't allow enough discussion on sensitive topics like immigration, trans issues and gender.”
| vaccine | safety | the end | change | change % |
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| meta | META PLATFORM INC. | 630.20 | +25.57 |
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Regarding the timing of the change, Kaplan told Fox News Digital that the company “now has a real opportunity.”
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“We have a new administration coming in that is far from pushing companies to censor [is more] A huge supporter of free speech,” Kaplan said, referring to the incoming Trump administration. “It brings us back to the values that Mark founded the company on.”