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The Latest Breaking News from Meta

Facebook's New Free Speech Policy Shows Business Getting Back to Business

It’s the latest company to step back from dangerous alliances with political factions.

Reason

Linux Foundation brings together top browser makers for more "open" approach

Google, Meta, Microsoft and Opera have already joined the Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers initiative.

TechRadar

Meta never cared about factchecking. What it wants is friction-free oligarchy

The company’s plan to end its factchecking program is about appeasing Trump. That signals the making of a mafia state

The Guardian - US

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Fact-Checking Group Rates Meta's Claim That Moderation Is Censorship As 'False'

There will be "real-world harm" if Meta expands its decision to scrap fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram, a global network warned while disputing Mark Zuckerberg's claim such moderation amounts to censorship.

International Business Times

Trump Plans Meeting With Putin, Asserts US Interest In Greenland

President Trump discusses meetings with Putin and Xi, expresses interest in Greenland, and comments on Meta's policy change.

Top News

After Meta pullout, fact-checking partners anticipate job cuts, editorials point to global ripples

Meta’s decision this week to abandon its fact-checking programme, starting from the US, has reportedly triggered alarm bells among several fact-checking organisations. That the move comes as a response to the politics of the new regime in the US has also been apparent.

Newslaundry

Meta Abandons Fact Checking & CES Debuts Fresh Tech: Tech & Gaming News This Week

From Meta's new hate speech rules to CES dropping a bunch of cool and weird tech, here's all the tech and gaming news to know this week.

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Meta’s move to end fact-checking reflects turn toward freewheeling internet

Mark Zuckerberg’s invocation of ‘cultural tipping point’ comes as number of fact-checking initiatives has plateaued.

Al Jazeera

Mullin: Zuck met Trump before changes

The Meta boss's policy and staffing overhauls have been widely criticized as an attempt to appease Trump

Salon

This year, Android XR will debut these cutting-edge products

Android XR is one operating system that unites AR and VR devices. Here's what we expect to see launch with the OS in 2025.

Android Central

Meta oversight board members say losing fact-checking could undermine public trust

Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger and novelist Khaled Mansour have warned that disinformation ‘can very much kill’

The Independent UK

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Fortune

Microsoft joins Meta, Google and other tech giants in donating $1 million to President Trump's record-breaking inauguration fund

Microsoft will contribute $1 million to President Trump's inauguration fund. The company joins Meta, Google, and other tech giants in contributing.

Windows Central

An Urgent Meeting of the Fact-Check Legion of Doom

Mark Zuckerberg has had it with these people.

Reason

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The Guardian - US

Google and Microsoft donate $1m each to Trump’s inaugural fund

Tech giants follow footsteps of other major companies, including Amazon, Meta, OpenAI and Uber

The Independent UK

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

Google becomes the latest tech company to fall in line by donating to Trump’s inauguration

Trump’s inaugural fund has received more than $170 million in donations

TechRadar

Forget the US TikTok ban – what we need is better social media and privacy laws

A US TikTok ban may end up creating more problems than actually solving them.

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Fact-Checking Industry Faces Uncertain Future Amid Meta's Changes

Meta's decision to discontinue fact-checking raises concerns about the spread of misinformation and the pursuit of truth in public discourse.

The Guardian - UK

Meta has ‘heard the message’ from Trump, says whistleblower Frances Haugen

Mark Zuckerberg’s move to end factchecking in US reflects president-elect’s views on social media, says Haugen

MarketBeat

The 3 Kings of Buybacks in 2024: Can They Do It Again?

These stocks bought back the most stock in 2024. However, do these big S&P 500 names have what it takes to do so again in 2025?

Evening Standard

"I'm gonna save TikTok": Trump goes head to head with the Supreme Court in battle over Chinese-owned app

Donald Trump has issued an executive order to prevent TikTok from shutting down in the US, despite the Supreme Court ruling it posed a national security risk

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Five people killed as firefighters struggle to contain LA blazes

Fires have consumed area the size of San Francisco. Plus, Trump shares video calling Netanyahu a ‘deep, dark son of a bitch’

Fortune

CEOs react to Zuckerberg’s message to Trump

Also: Trump considers "state of emergency," eBay stock soars on Facebook news.

The Guardian - UK

Royal arms, traffic jams and plastic bans – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

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