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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

Meta is ushering in a ‘world without facts’, says Nobel peace prize winner

Maria Ressa gestures as she speaks during an interview with AFP in Manila
Ressa, a co-founder of the Rappler news site, won the Nobel peace prize in 2021 in recognition of her ‘courageous fight for freedom of expression’. Photograph: Jam Sta Rosa/AFP/Getty Images

The Nobel peace prize winner Maria Ressa has said Meta’s decision to end factchecking on its platforms and remove restrictions on certain topics means “extremely dangerous times” lie ahead for journalism, democracy and social media users.

The American-Filipino journalist said Mark Zuckerberg’s move to relax content moderation on the Facebook and Instagram platforms would lead to a “world without facts” and that was “a world that’s right for a dictator”.

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