Fallout of Meta’s content moderation overhaul

Meta drops fact-checking, loosens its content moderation rules
Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, today announced a major overhaul of its content moderation policies, taking off some guardrails
The fallout of Meta’s content moderation overhaul
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.
Analysis: Meta's content moderation was a failed experiment
Zuckerberg’s blunt reversal this week puts an end to the era of corporate content moderation. Whether you view it as idealistic or sinister, content moderation has now ended as a failed experiment — even by its own terms.
Meta to move key content policy team to Texas amid fact-checking changes
Meta — whose platforms boast over 3 billion users worldwide — did not offer specifics on where in the state it plans to move the team.
Meta announces major changes in fact checking and content moderation
Meta, the parent of Facebook, said it will eliminate traditional fact-checking and will rely instead on community notes. The move was part of a pivot to a new emphasis on free speech. Meta will also allow more politics to enter users' feeds.
Meta Replaces Fact-Checkers with Content Moderators
The social networking technology giant will stop utilizing third-party fact-checkers on Facebook, Threads and Instagram and instead rely on users

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