Yesterday morning, donning his new signature fit'gold chain, oversize T-shirt, surfer hair'Mark Zuckerberg announced that his social-media platforms are getting a makeover. His aggrievement was palpable: For years, Zuckerberg said, 'governments and legacy media have pushed to censor more and more.' No longer. Meta is abolishing its third-party fact-checking program, starting in the U.S.; loosening its content filters; and bringing political content back to Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. 'It's time to get back to our roots around free expression,' Meta's chief executive declared. In the announcement, Zuckerberg identified 'the recent elections,' in which Donald Trump won the presidency and Republicans claimed both houses of Congress, as a 'cultural tipping point towards once again prioritizing speech.' He said Meta will take direct inspiration from X's 'Community Notes' feature, which allows users to annotate posts'and surfaces the annotations based on how other users rate...
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