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2025-01-07 Cyber

Meta Ends Fact-Checking on Facebook, Instagram in Free-Speech Pitch

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Posted by Frank G 2025-01-07 10:36|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Nolte: Mark Zuckerberg Hands Legacy Media Humiliating and Historic Defeat

Posted by Frank G 2025-01-07 11:00|| 2025-01-07 11:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Meta ends fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in favour of community notes

we’re going to get rid of fact checkers and replace them with community notes similar to X

Posted by Skidmark 2025-01-07 11:19|| 2025-01-07 11:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh noes! How will they prevent the spread of bad think?

Posted by Rambler 2025-01-07 11:52|| 2025-01-07 11:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Evil just going into hibernation until Trump leaves.

Posted by DarthVader 2025-01-07 13:02|| 2025-01-07 13:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Remember when Musk canned all the government folks in Twitter HQ? I guess those folks will just hang out and organize the March Madness pool at META.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-01-07 13:37|| 2025-01-07 13:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Evil just going into hibernation until Trump leaves.

Mighty Morphin' Corporate Bankers

Watch their hands, mind your wallets, and there is no valet parking.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-01-07 14:08|| 2025-01-07 14:08|| Front Page Top

#7 The "Community Notes" concept seems to be a really good idea. The solution to having bad content is outsourced to crowdsourcing. Of course a few people have to manage it and some bad content is going to escape notice but I'll bet the company really saves money on this.

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-01-07 21:00|| 2025-01-07 21:00|| Front Page Top

#8 Fine.
Release the California Fire Update Blackout.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-01-07 21:05|| 2025-01-07 21:05|| Front Page Top

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