Meta overhauled its approach to US moderation on Tuesday, ditching fact-checking, announcing a plan to move its trust and safety teams, and perhaps most impactfully, updating its Hateful Conduct policy. As reported by Wired, a lot of text has been updated, added, or removed, but here are some of the changes that jumped out at us.
In a meeting with Meta employees on Thursday, Mr. Zuckerberg also doubled down on recent changes to the company’s online speech policies and ending its diversity initiatives.
I think we're doing the right thing,” he told me, “It’s just that we should've done it sooner.” Seven years later, Zuckerberg no longer thinks more moderation is the right thing. In a five-minute Reel,
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In a town hall, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company remains committed to diversity and free expression after unwinding DEI programs
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During Meta's Q4 2024 earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg took some time to heap praise on Elon Musk, a man he hoped to choke out in an MMA cage match not too long ago. Zuckerberg praised X's Community Notes system for fact-checking,
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It comes as Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg have joined other large technology companies in trying to ingratiate themselves with the new administration.
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