“After Trump’s election in 2016, mainstream media wrote nonstop that disinformation was a threat to democracy. We have tried in good faith to address these concerns without becoming the arbiters of truth. But fact-checkers have simply been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they have created, particularly in the United States. »
— Mark Zuckerberg, head of Meta, blaming traditional media rather than threats from Donald Trump and his allies for his decision to end fact-checking on his group’s platforms – Facebook, Instagram and Threads – and rely on a community rating system similar to that set up on the X platform. He also promised to “restore freedom of expression” by lifting restrictions on certain speeches, notably on immigration and identity of gender.
PS: For the record: In a book published last summer, Trump accused Zuckerberg of plotting against him during the 2020 presidential campaign and said the Silicon Valley titan would “spend the rest of his life in prison” he did it again. The new protocols announced this Tuesday morning by Zuckerberg are interpreted by his critics as yet another capitulation on the part of one of the richest Americans to a would-be autocrat.
PPS: During an interview on Fox News this Tuesday morning, Joel Kaplan, Meta’s new head of international affairs, welcomed the coming to power of a new administration that is “a great supporter of freedom of speech.” ‘expression “. This same administration will be led by a president who threatens to revoke the licenses of media outlets that criticize him and files lawsuits against others he displeases. Kaplan is a Republican.
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