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Mark Zuckerberg’s alliance with Donald Trump proves just how low he’ll go

ANALYSIS: The Facebook and Instagram boss has shown just how deep he’s willing to stoop for the benefit of his commercial empire — and just how little his last eight years of promises really meant, writes Io Dodds

The Independent UK

Why did Mark Zuckerberg end Facebook and Instagram’s factchecking program?

The social media giant enters a more partisan political era as its CEO pursues Donald Trump’s approval

The Guardian - US

Meta Ends Fact-Checking Program, Embraces Free Expression

Meta discontinues fact-checking program and shifts focus to promoting free expression. Trump praises Meta's efforts and supports the policy changes.

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Social media giant Meta scraps fact-checking for ‘community notes’

Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, says allowing fact-checkers to assess content ‘became a tool to censor’.

Al Jazeera

Meta ditches fact-checking post-Trump

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg cast his decision as "restoring free expression" on his platforms

Salon

Meta Going MAGA: Facebook to Adopt Elon Musk-Style Fact Checking As Close Trump Ally Joins Executive Board

Meta, the social media company that launched an independent fact-checking program in 2016, will get rid of fact checkers to usher in other changes to its moderation policies.

International Business Times

Meta axing fact checkers on Facebook and Instagram to rely solely on ‘community notes’

News feeds will also be filled with more political content

The Independent UK

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Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content

Mark Zuckerberg says company will ‘dramatically reduce censorship’ across Facebook, Instagram and Threads

The Guardian - UK

Meta Announces Ending Fact-checking Program In The US

Social media giant Meta announced Tuesday a significant rollback of its content moderation policies, including the termination of its third-party fact-checking program in the United States.

International Business Times

Nick Clegg’s departure signals a new political era at Meta

Centrist and globalist Clegg is being replaced by a conservative champion ahead of Trump’s second term

The Guardian - US

To see how Trump will control the US media, look at Viktor Orbán’s Hungary

Meta looks to be following X’s tilt towards the right. It leaves the way open for an insidious hollowing out of democracy, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Meta Ends Fact-Checking Program, Lifts Speech Restrictions On Platforms

Meta ends fact-checking program and lifts speech restrictions to prioritize free expression, introducing a new Community Notes system for content moderation.

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Meta's Top Policy Executive Nick Clegg Steps Down

Nick Clegg steps down as Meta's top policy executive, replaced by Joel Kaplan with deep Republican ties. Meta navigates changing political landscape amidst...

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Fortune

Meta's powerful policy boss Nick Clegg is out as Zuckerberg prepares for Trump 2.0

The former U.K. deputy prime minister, who joined Meta in 2018, will be replaced by longtime Republican operative Joel Kaplan, whom he described as "the right person for the right job at the right time."

Evening Standard

Sir Nick Clegg to step down as Meta global affairs president

Former deputy prime minister Sir Nick Clegg said his time with Facebook’s parent company had been the ‘adventure of a lifetime’.

The Independent UK

Nick Clegg leaves top Facebook job after ‘adventure of a lifetime’

He said he will be moving on to a new adventure

AAP

Govt official to make formal apology to Jewish students

The Federal Court has ordered the Victorian education department to make a formal oral apology to five Jewish students who were bullied at a state school.

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne school showed ‘dereliction of duty’ to students alleging antisemitic discrimination, court told

Final submissions heard in federal court case after school’s leadership and teachers deny claims of bullying

Axios

Exclusive: Facebook to reinstate Trump

The decision will end a two-year ban and allow Trump to post and raise money using the platforms.

Bangkok Post

Why Zuckerberg should face the threat of jail

The UK government is about to do something that will make Silicon Valley shudder, or at least make social media executives think twice about flying over British airspace.

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