Meta takes inspiration from Elon Musk and adopts “free speech” for all its social networks
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In a video, Mark Zuckerberg announces Meta's new moderation policy. According to him, users have the right to discuss sensitive topics like immigration or gender, without intervention from the company. The leader explains that current measures to promote inclusiveness silence divergent opinions.
Here is the full video from Mark Zuckerberg announcing the end of censorship and misinformation policies.
I highly recommend you watch all of it as tonally it is one of the biggest indications of “elections have consequences” I have ever seen pic.twitter.com/aYpkxrTqWe
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) January 7, 2025
Meta is also abandoning its fact-checking system for community ratings similar to X, at least in the United States. Mark Zuckerberg criticizes current audits for political bias.
In the video, Mark Zuckerberg talks about the changing perception of free speech. The manager of Meta specifies that political content has been reduced in news feeds due to user weariness, but now there is a step back.
The leader of Meta notably provides a global overview of restrictions on freedom of expression. Mark Zuckerberg talks about censorship laws in Europe and the total blocking of the company's applications in China. According to him, even the US administration has complicated the situation by enacting a form of censorship.
Faced with this new risky policy, particularly in the face of the danger that hateful content will abound on Meta's social networks as well as on X, Mark Zuckerberg announces a collaboration with the American government. Resources will be concentrated to combat illegal content such as the exploitation of minors or terrorism.
