Zuckerberg and Meta are done pretending to care about mitigating the harms their platforms cause
With policy rollbacks ahead of the inauguration, Meta capitulates to Trump and MAGA media’s false claims of censorship
WRITTEN BY KAYLA GOGARTY
PUBLISHED 01/07/25 6:32 PM EST
Before President-elect Donald Trump has even taken office, Meta is again capitulating to false right-wing claims of anti-conservative bias and censorship, announcing that it will end fact-checking and remove most content moderation from its platforms.
Both the substance of the changes and the messaging from Meta mirror — and are seemingly a direct appeal to — Trump and MAGA media, who have spent years claiming to be defenders of free expression and victims of censorship.
But Meta’s announcement omits two key facts: Right-leaning Facebook content has consistently outperformed left-leaning and nonaligned content, showing it’s not being censored. And previous gaps in content moderation have caused real-world harm, helping foment the January 6 insurrection, contributing to anti-LGBTQ sentiment, and fueling vaccine hesitancy.
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