Mark Zuckerberg says users exiting Meta over fact-checking reforms is ‘virtue signaling’
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded defiantly to criticism of his company’s recent decision to eliminate third-party fact-checking and relax content moderation rules across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. “I think Community Notes will be more effective than fact-checkers, reducing the number of people whose accounts get mistakenly banned is good, people want to be able to discuss civic topics and make arguments that are in the mainstream of political discourse.” The controversy stems from Meta’s shift away from third-party fact-checking, a measure designed to curb the spread of misinformation, and the decision to remove certain restrictions on topics like immigration and gender. In his Tuesday announcement, Zuckerberg defended Meta's decision to scale back third-party fact-checking and relax certain content restrictions across its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram. In his announcement, Zuckerberg also revealed that Meta would be removing “restrictions on topics like immigration and gender,” calling them “out of touch with mainstream discourse.” He framed these changes as a step toward making the platforms more in tune with current societal debates.
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