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Meta's 'Musk Playbook' Fans Misinformation Concerns

Meta's decision to swap professional US fact-checkers with crowd-sourced moderation has raised fears that Facebook and Instagram could become magnets for misinformation similar to the Elon Musk-owned X, researchers say.

International Business Times

The Guardian view on content moderation: Meta did far too little. Now it wants to do even less

Editorial: Loosening already limited safeguards on social media platforms is not just damaging. It could ultimately prove deadly

The Guardian - UK

Meta Partners With Ebay To Integrate Listings On Marketplace

Meta conducts trial allowing Facebook users to view eBay listings on Marketplace in response to EU charges. eBay shares surge as users can now browse and p...

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US Tech Titans Ramp Up Pressure On EU

Mark Zuckerberg's U-turn on Meta's content rules piles pressure on the EU -- already in the crosshairs of Donald Trump ally Elon Musk -- to prove it still calls the shots when it comes to Big Tech's behaviour in Europe.

International Business Times

Business Expert Warns US Now A 'Kleptocracy' After Meta Abandons Fact Checkers: 'We Are Becoming More Like Russia Every Day'

An NYU business professor accused President-elect Donald Trump of leveraging his power to shape the U.S. government in a manner resembling Russia's kleptocracy, lambasting, "We are becoming more like Russia every day, that's where we are."

International Business Times

‘Dispiriting’: factchecker reacts to Meta’s move to scrap role

Mark Zuckerberg accused fact-checkers in US of making biased decisions

The Guardian - UK

New Facebook 'Free Expression' Policy Allows Users to Call Women 'Objects,' Accuse Gay People of Being 'Mentally Ill'

Meta has announced that it will be removing restrictions on "hateful conduct," allowing users refer to women as "objects" and gay people as "mentally ill."

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Alliance between Meta and Trump is likely to create informational, economic and geopolitical conflicts around the world

Meta’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, announced on Tuesday 7 a series of changes to the content moderation actions on his platforms Facebook, Instagram and Threads, eliminating fact-checkers, slowing down the processes of taking down potentially damaging content from the social fabric and reducing/reallocating his own moderation teams - all in the…

The Conversation

Meta is getting rid of factchecking. Should you leave Instagram – and what are the alternatives?

Decision relates to just the US so far but it may affect users in Australia who follow a lot of US-based sources

The Guardian - AU

John Swinney to consider Scottish Government’s use of Twitter amid concerns

John Swinney has said he is concerned by the moderation changes at Facebook and Instagram, while signalling that he may reconsider the Scottish…

The National (Scotland)

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

Maria Ressa warns of ‘dangerous times’ for journalism and democracy after move to end factchecking in US

The Guardian - UK

Can EU Stand Up To Belligerent Big Tech In New Trump Era?

Facing charges of "censorship" from both Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, the EU will need its full legal arsenal -- and political will aplenty -- to stand up to US Big Tech once Donald Trump is back.

International Business Times

Swinney voices concern at Meta changes and will ‘keep considering’ use of X

Facebook and Instagram will move away from using third-party fact checkers to flag misleading content.

Evening Standard

Exclusive: Movement Labs set to close $100 million funding round as crypto markets heat up

Movement is building a layer-2 blockchain on Ethereum using technology from Facebook's failed crypto project.

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The Guardian - US

Mark Zuckerberg has gone full Maga

It’s a mistake to describe the Meta CEO’s move as a retreat from ‘fact-checking’: it’s a retreat from limiting harm to users

Salon

MAGA grandpa is about to get much worse

Facebook ditches its fact-checking program in favor of Elon Musk's army of disinformation zombies

The Guardian - UK

Meta scrapped factcheckers ‘because systems were too complex’

Comments by co-chair of oversight board Helle Thorning-Schmidt come as X CEO welcomes rival’s move

International Business Times

Nobel Winner Ressa Tells AFP 'Dangerous Times' Ahead After Meta Ends US Fact-checking

Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa warned Wednesday of "extremely dangerous times ahead" in an interview with AFP after social media giant Meta ended its US fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram.

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Meta is abandoning fact checking – this doesn’t bode well for the fight against misinformation

Meta has announced it will abandon its fact-checking program, starting in the United States. It was aimed at preventing the spread of online lies among more than 3 billion people who use Meta’s social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Threads.

The Guardian - AU

‘Trolling free-for-all’: Australian politicians and experts criticise Meta for ditching factchecking

Mark Zuckerberg says time to ‘get back to our roots’ around free expression but opponents argue ‘ordinary citizens should be very concerned’

International Business Times

Big Tech Rolls Out The Red Carpet For Trump

Tech leaders continue to fall in line around Donald Trump, with Facebook's announcement that it would end its US fact-checking program the latest victory for the president-elect and his billionaire advisor Elon Musk.

AAP

Australians warned: Meta to stop muzzling false claims

Australians are likely to see more false content and abuse on their Facebook, Instagram and Threads feeds when Meta ditches fact-checking problematic posts.

The Guardian - US

Mark Zuckerberg sports $900,000 watch as he calls time on Meta fact-checking

Tech giant CEO wore Greubel Forsey ‘Hand Made 1’, which retails for $895,500, as he announced policy overhaul

Reason

Mark Zuckerberg Was Right To Fire Facebook's Rogue Fact-Checkers

"The fact-checkers have just been too politically biased," says the Meta CEO.

PC Gamer

Facebook and Instagram are ditching fact-checkers in favor of a Community Notes system inspired by X: 'Fact-checkers have just been too politically biased,' Zuckerberg says

Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg said the election of Donald Trump represents a "cultural tipping point" and so it's time to make some changes.

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