Meta, Trump

Dems bash Meta for scrapping fact-checks: ‘Genuflecting to Donald Trump’
House Democrats are hammering Meta and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, after the company announced the platform-wide end of its fact-checking program. The lawmakers said the shift is part of a larger
Meta pivots to community fact-checking ahead of Trump term
Instead, Meta will follow the lead of X under Elon Musk and rely on crowd-sourced Community Notes to provide additional context on posts. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with David Gilbert, a reporter at Wired who covers online disinformation and extremism, to learn more about Meta’s latest pivot.
Trump tells Fox News Meta has ‘come a long way’ as Zuckerberg ends fact-checking
President-elect Donald Trump told Fox News Digital that Meta has “come a long way” after the company announced it will end its fact-checking
Meta ends fact-checking as Zuckerberg appeals to Trump
Meta Founder Mark Zuckerberg announced sweeping changes to his company’s social media platforms, including getting rid of fact checkers and major changes to its “Hateful Conduct” policies. Republican strategist Scott Jennings praised the move and says the fact checkers were just “partisan sledgehammers.
Meta eliminates fact-checking in latest bow to Trump
Meta chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced changes to content moderation on Facebook and Instagram long sought by conservatives. Incoming President Donald Trump said the new approach was "probably" due to threats he made against the technology mogul.
Meta abruptly ends US fact-checks ahead of Trump term | INQToday
Social media giant Meta is slashing its content moderation policies, including ending its US fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram, in a major shift that conforms with the priorities of incoming US president Donald Trump.
Meta Secretly Trained Its AI on a Notorious Piracy Database, Newly Unredacted Court Docs Reveal
Meta Platforms, was one of the earliest copyright lawsuits filed against a tech company over its AI training practices. Its ...
Mastodon CEO calls Meta’s moderation changes ‘deeply troubling,’ warns users cross-posting from Threads
Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko has spoken out about the significant moderation changes announced by Meta on Tuesday, which will ...
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 ...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg flaunts rare Greubel Forsey watch worth Rs 7.47 crore; see viral pics
Mark Zuckerberg's watch gains attention as Meta shifts to community-based fact-checking and revises moderation policies to ...
Google searches for deleting Facebook, Instagram explode after Meta ends fact-checking
Google searches for how to cancel and delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads accounts have seen explosive rises in the U.S.
Meta ending 3rd-party fact checkers 'transformative,' but other legal issues remain, says expert
Facebook's new content moderation modeled after X's "Community Notes" has been praised by free speech advocates but is ...
Meta CEO Zuckerberg under fire after ending fact-check program
Meta Platforms (META) founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg faces backlash following an announcement that the company would end its ...
Meta Ends Fact-Checking on Facebook and Instagram as CEO Zuckerberg Touts ‘Free Speech’
Meta Platforms will end fact-checking across all platforms, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday. The fact-checking program, ...
UFC CEO Dana White joins Meta board as Facebook strengthens Trump ties
UFC CEO Dana White, who campaigned for President-elect Donald Trump, is one of three new board members at Facebook owner Meta ...
CES 2025—How X CEO’s ad pitch was rebuked, plus Read and Wren on Meta and brand safety
Ad Age sat down separately at CES with two of advertising’s leading men—WPP CEO Mark Read and John Wren, chairman and CEO of ...
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 ...