Mark Zuckerberg and Meta go all-in on Trump

found 7 Jan Quartz

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Mark Zuckerberg’s metamorphosis from liberal tech titan to libertarian Donald Trump ally is gaining steam.

FTC Chair Lina Khan hopes Trump admin won't strike 'sweetheart' deals with Amazon and Meta

found 7 Jan Quartz

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Outgoing U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan said Tuesday that she hopes her successor in the incoming Trump administration will not cut a “sweetheart” deal with Amazon (AMZN) and Facebook’s parent company Meta (META), as the agency continues its antitrust cases against the tech giants.

Social media giant Meta scraps fact-checking for ‘community notes’

found 7 Jan Al Jazeera English

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Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, says allowing fact-checkers to assess content 'became a tool to censor'.

Meta platforms ditching third-party fact checking

found 7 Jan BBC News

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Facebook and Instagram will instead rely on "community notes" from its users, an approached pioneered by X.

Meta is giving up on fact-checking and doing it Elon Musk-style

found 7 Jan Quartz

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Meta Platforms (META) is replacing its third-party fact-checking program with the community-driven system popularized by Elon Musk’s X, as the company continues to signal a warmer approach to President-elect Donald Trump.

UFC boss to join board of Facebook owner Meta

found 7 Jan BBC News

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It comes days after former UK deputy PM Sir Nick Clegg left his top job at the social media giant.