Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted that Facebook has done “too much censorship” as he announced the social network is scrapping its controversial third party fact-checking in favor of adopting Elon Musk’s “Community Notes” model on X.
The 40-year-old tech tycoon — who dined with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago after his Nov. 5 election victory, with Meta donating $1 million to his inaugural fund — claimed on Tuesday that the dramatic about-face was sign that the company is returning to an original focus on free speech.
“We’re going to get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies and restoring free expression on our platforms,” Zuckerberg said in a video on Tuesday.
Among Meta’s dramatic moves in the stunning reversal will be to Meta’s content moderation team from deep-blue California to right-leaning Texas in order to insulate the group from cultural bias — a move that looked like another page out of Musk’s playbook.
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