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Fallout of Meta’s content moderation overhaul

The fallout of Meta’s content moderation overhaul

Meta overhauled its approach to US moderation on Tuesday, ditching fact-checking, announcing a plan to move its trust and safety teams, and perhaps most impactfully, updating its Hateful Conduct policy. As reported by Wired, a lot of text has been updated, added, or removed, but here are some of the changes that jumped out at us.

NBC News · 3d

Meta announces major changes in fact checking and content moderation

Meta, the parent of Facebook, said it will eliminate traditional fact-checking and will rely instead on community notes. The move was part of a pivot to a new emphasis on free speech. Meta will also allow more politics to enter users' feeds.

techbooky.com · 2d

Meta Replaces Fact-Checkers with Content Moderators

The social networking technology giant will stop utilizing third-party fact-checkers on Facebook, Threads and Instagram and instead rely on users

Meta Cancels DEI Programs

CNN on MSN · 6h

Meta ends its DEI programs as Zuckerberg blasts Biden on Joe Rogan

Meta is ending its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, known as DEI, the company said Friday, becoming the latest company to pull back from such practices in the wake of pressure from conservative critics and customers.

Mashable on MSN · 8h

DEI programs at Meta are done, company says

The end of the company's DEI efforts means that it will no longer use a "diverse slate approach," which it began implementing in 2015. According to a 2017 blog post on Meta's website about the strategy, it "sets the expectation that hiring managers will consider candidates from underrepresented backgrounds when interviewing for an open position."

The Verge on MSN · 8h

Meta disbands diversity team and says DEI has become ‘charged’

The memo, which was written by Janelle Gale, Meta’s vice president of human resources, said the company would replace DEI programs with ones “that focus on how to apply fair a

Biden slams Meta's decision to end fact-checking program

The New York Times · 5h

Biden Calls Meta’s Ending of Fact-Checking Program ‘Shameful’

President Biden criticized Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, on Friday for deciding to abandon its fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram, calling it a “shameful” decision that undermines America’s commitment to telling the truth.

CNN on MSN · 8h

Brazil gives Meta 72 hours to explain changes to fact-checking program

Brazil’s government will give Meta until Monday to explain the changes to its fact-checking program, Solicitor General Jorge Messias said on Friday.

Yahoo · 6h

Biden blasts 'shameful' Meta decision to scrap US fact-checking

US President Joe Biden blasted Meta Friday for scrapping fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in the United States, calling the move "really shameful" after a global network warned of real-world harm if the tech giant expands its decision to other countries.

4hon MSN

Meta nixes diversity and inclusion program as it prepares for second Trump administration

Joining companies such as John Deere and Walmart, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta Platforms Inc. is getting rid ...

7hon MSN

Mark Zuckerberg says corporate culture was ‘neutered’ as Meta scraps DEI

The move reverses a years-long approach to diversity, equity and inclusion policies that the tech giant once embraced as ...

16h

How Meta’s New Hate Speech Rules Could Impact Creators And Audiences

Meta’s content moderation overhaul is likely to expose creators to more unjust punishment, over-censorship and potentially ...

Meta to end fact-checking, replacing it with community-driven system akin to Elon Musk's X

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday said the social media company is ending its fact-checking program and replacing it with a ...

3hon MSN

Facebook owner Meta kills DEI in latest nod to Trump and MAGA movement

Meta said Friday it is canceling its diversity programs and its civil rights VP resigns. Amazon.com also said it would roll ...

13hon MSN

What the end of Meta's fact-checking could mean for health, medical misinformation

Meta announced this week it was ending third-party fact-checking and moving towards community notes. Some experts fear it ...

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