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Meta is ending its fact-checking program and lifting restrictions on speech to “restore free expression” across Facebook, Instagram, and Meta platforms, admitting its current content moderation practices have “gone too far.” “We’re going to get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies and restoring free expression on our platforms,” Meta […] The post Meta Returns: Ditching Fact Checkers, Using Community Notes appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that his company was implementing major changes to its censorship and fact-checking policies across all platforms, including Facebook and Instagram.  In a video posted on Facebook, Zuckerberg said that Meta would no longer work with independent fact-checkers, end restrictions on topics like gender and immigration, and scale back filters that censored people for innocuous posts. Zuckerberg said that Meta would focus on ensuring free expression, saying that the recent election seemed like a “cultural tipping point.”  “We’re going to get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies and restoring free expression on our platforms,” Zuckerberg said. “We’re going to get rid of fact-checkers and replace them with Community Notes similar to X, starting in the U.S.”  He added that fact-checkers had become politically biased and untrustworthy.  “After Trump first got elected in 2016, the legacy media wrote nonstop about how misinformation was a threat to democracy,” he said. “We tried in good faith to address those concerns without becoming the arbiters of truth. But the fact checkers have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they created, especially in the U.S.” Zuckerberg said restrictions on discussions on topics like immigration and gender were “out of touch with mainstream discourse.” “What started as a movement to be more inclusive has increasingly been used to shut down opinions and shut out people with different ideas,” he said.  Zuckerberg said that Meta would dial back its content filters to focus on illegal content and severe violations. He said this was a “trade off” that would lead to objectionable content being caught less often, but fewer people would be censored.  He said Meta’s Trust and Safe and Content moderation teams would move from California to Texas.  JOIN THE MOVEMENT IN ’25 WITH 25% OFF DAILYWIRE+ ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS WITH CODE DW25 Zuckerberg said Meta would allow more political content to be shared and spread across its platforms after implementing policies that filtered political content from social media feeds. He noted that the Biden administration pushed Meta to censor content.  “By going after us and other American companies, it has emboldened other governments to go even further,” he said.  Zuckerberg said Meta would work with the incoming Trump administration to repel censorship abroad.  “We’re going to work with President Trump to push back on governments around the world that are going after American companies and pushing to censor more,” he said. “The U.S. has the strongest constitutional protections for free expression in the world.” Shortly after the presidential election, Trump met with Zuckerberg at Mar-a-Lago. Stephen Miller, Trump’s incoming deputy chief of staff for policy, said after the meeting that Zuckerberg “has been very clear about his desire to be a supporter of, and a participant in, this change we’re seeing all around America and the world, with this reform movement that Donald Trump is leading.” Trump campaign advisor Alex Bruesewitz said Tuesday that he met with Joe Kaplan, head of public policy at Meta, on Monday to discuss the changes. “We covered these topics as well as the need to reinstate MAGA supporters who were previously wrongly removed from their platforms under questionable circumstances,” he said. “I am hopeful that the measures will be implemented to reinstate these accounts.”

President-elect Donald Trump is continuing his push for Greenland to become part of the U.S., writing in a Truth Social post on Monday evening that Greenland “will benefit tremendously if, and when, it becomes part of our Nation.” Trump shared a video of a man in Greenland putting on a MAGA hat and urging the president-elect to “buy Greenland” because it no longer wants to be controlled by the Danish government. “We are the richest nation in the world and we don’t get to use it,” the man said. Trump wrote alongside the video, “I am hearing that the people of Greenland are ‘MAGA.’ My son, Don Jr, and various representatives, will be traveling there to visit some of the most magnificent areas and sights. Greenland is an incredible place, and the people will benefit tremendously if, and when, it becomes part of our Nation. We will protect it, and cherish it, from a very vicious outside World. MAKE GREENLAND GREAT AGAIN!” Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., arrived in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital city, on Tuesday for a private visit that lasted between four and five hours, Reuters reported. Trump Jr. said on a podcast on Monday before his visit, “No, I am not buying Greenland. Funny enough, I’m actually going on a very long personal day trip to Greenland.” Trump has repeatedly signaled that control of Greenland would be a priority for his administration, saying last month, “For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.” After Trump’s comments last month, the territory’s prime minister said Greenland wants full independence from Denmark. JOIN THE MOVEMENT IN ’25 WITH 25% OFF DAILYWIRE+ ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS WITH CODE DW25 “The Greenlandic people’s opportunity for independence has been adopted through the provisions of the Self-Government Act, thereby creating a legal basis for how independence can be achieved,” Prime Minister Múte Egede said in a speech on New Year’s Day. “A draft constitution for our country has also been prepared,” he added. “Work has already begun with regard to creating the framework for Greenland as an independent state within the possibilities and provisions of the Self-Government Act.” Greenland contains potential oil and mineral wealth, and the island is strategically located between the U.S. and Russia. In 2021, Greenland’s Left-wing government suspended a 50-year push to become an oil-producing country, vowing instead to “take the climate crisis seriously.” Along with signaling interest in Greenland, Trump has also suggested that Canada should become the 51st state. On Monday after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation, Trump said, “If Canada merged with the U.S., there would be no Tariffs, taxes would go way down, and they would be TOTALLY SECURE from the threat of the Russian and Chinese Ships that are constantly surrounding them. Together, what a great Nation it would be!!!”

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A post shared on X claims that terrorists have never targeted the government. It’s weird how terrorist attacks never target the government — Rock (@TheCensoredRock) January 2, 2025 Verdict: False Terrorists have targeted the government. Fact Check: A terrorist killed 14 people and wounded dozens of others in New Orleans by driving a car into a […]

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