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Meta to adjust its content review policies on Facebook and Instagram

today8 January, 2025

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Meta says it will adjust its content review policies on Facebook and Instagram, getting rid of fact-checkers and replacing them with user-generated community notes. US president-elect Donald Trump and his Republican allies have criticised Meta for its fact-checking policy, calling it censorship of right-wing voices. The company has more than three-billion users globally. Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, says getting rid of fact-checkers will mean more freedom of expression:

 

Written by: Leonard Witbeen