Less than two weeks before the inauguration of the president-elect, the CEO of Meta published a video in the form of a mea culpa where he regrets “censorship” on Facebook and Instagram and promises to restore freedom of expression.
Less than two weeks before the inauguration of Donald Trump, this is Meta’s latest initiative to show the future administration a credentials. The parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp announced on Tuesday that it was ending its fact-checking program. “ We will get rid of fact-checkers and replace them with “community ratings” similar to those of X, starting with the United States “said Mark Zuckerberg in a message on social networks.
Facebook set up in 2016, just a few months after the first election of Donald Trump, a third-party verification system for information shared on its platforms, now accessible in more than 60 languages. The company was then accused of contributing to the dissemination of disinformation, particularly from abroad. Intended to fight against “fake news”, this program pays more than 80 media outlets around the world, including Agence France Presse (AFP)…
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