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If you think this move exists in a vacuum or is actually about "getting back to their roots with free speech", you're wrong. Alongside Dana White joining the bo

If you think this move exists in a vacuum or is actually about "getting back to their roots with free speech", you're wrong. Alongside Dana White joining the board[0], it's clear that this is solely about currying favor with the incoming administration. [0] https://www.npr.org/2025/01/06/nx-s1-5250310/meta-dana-white-ufc https://www.npr.org/2025/01/06/nx-s1-5250310/meta-dana-white...

meta_x_ai 2y ago
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gizmo 2y ago
It's not solely about currying favor. Many tech giants hate getting pushed around by politicians and courts around the world demanding censorship. Free speech rights in the US are much stronger than elsewhere in the world, and even businesses as large as Meta need political support to successfully push back on censorious overreach. For context, in Germany you can face up to 3 years prison time for insulting a politician: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-greens-habeck-presses-charges-over-online-insult/a-70793557 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-greens-habeck-presses-charges-...
- tartoran 2y ago
  > Many tech giants hate getting pushed around by politicians and courts around the world demanding censorship. They may not like that but they also don't like to take responsibility either.
- jjulius 2y ago
  >It's not solely about currying favor. Many tech giants hate getting pushed around by politicians and courts around the world demanding censorship. Taking steps to not be pushed around by an incoming president who has clearly suggested he'll push them around is, quite literally, currying favor.
philwelch 2y ago
Just like complying with government censorship demands was about currying favor with the outgoing administration.
- ceejayoz 2y ago
  Like this! https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-trump-twitter-files-collusion-biden-censorship-1234675969/ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-tru... > When the White House called up Twitter in the early morning hours of September 9, 2019, officials had what they believed was a serious issue to report: Famous model Chrissy Teigen had just called President Donald Trump “a pussy ass bitch” on Twitter — and the White House wanted the tweet to come down.
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  - SV_BubbleTime 2y ago
    Rollingstone makes up stories and is not a reliable source.
    - ceejayoz 2y ago
      The claim was made in sworn testimony in a Congressional hearing by a Twitter executive. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/08/us/politics/twitter-congressional-hearing.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/08/us/politics/twitter-congr... On video, if you like: https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1623357770933145607 https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1623357770933145607
bhouston 2y ago
100%. It is about aligning with Trump's political opinions. Thus I do expect to see no fact checking of anti-trans, anti-vaccine and anti-immigrant content. But I don't think that Meta's documented censorship of Palestinian content [1] will change, because the censorship is inline with Trump's political opinions. [1] https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/20/meta-systemic-censorship-palestine-content https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/20/meta-systemic-censorship...
- SV_BubbleTime 2y ago
  Maybe it’s not Trump. Maybe the people elected Trump in a historic GOP win with demos that Reagan wouldn’t have won with… and Zuck sees the writing clearer than most? The way you put it leaves out the cause and only gets the effect.
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meta_x_ai 2y ago

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gizmo 2y ago

It's not solely about currying favor. Many tech giants hate getting pushed around by politicians and courts around the world demanding censorship. Free speech rights in the US are much stronger than elsewhere in the world, and even businesses as large as Meta need political support to successfully push back on censorious overreach. For context, in Germany you can face up to 3 years prison time for insulting a politician: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-greens-habeck-presses-charges-over-online-insult/a-70793557 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-greens-habeck-presses-charges-...

tartoran 2y ago
> Many tech giants hate getting pushed around by politicians and courts around the world demanding censorship. They may not like that but they also don't like to take responsibility either.
jjulius 2y ago
>It's not solely about currying favor. Many tech giants hate getting pushed around by politicians and courts around the world demanding censorship. Taking steps to not be pushed around by an incoming president who has clearly suggested he'll push them around is, quite literally, currying favor.

philwelch 2y ago

Just like complying with government censorship demands was about currying favor with the outgoing administration.

ceejayoz 2y ago
Like this! https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-trump-twitter-files-collusion-biden-censorship-1234675969/ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-tru... > When the White House called up Twitter in the early morning hours of September 9, 2019, officials had what they believed was a serious issue to report: Famous model Chrissy Teigen had just called President Donald Trump “a pussy ass bitch” on Twitter — and the White House wanted the tweet to come down.
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- SV_BubbleTime 2y ago
  Rollingstone makes up stories and is not a reliable source.
  - ceejayoz 2y ago
    The claim was made in sworn testimony in a Congressional hearing by a Twitter executive. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/08/us/politics/twitter-congressional-hearing.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/08/us/politics/twitter-congr... On video, if you like: https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1623357770933145607 https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1623357770933145607

bhouston 2y ago

100%. It is about aligning with Trump's political opinions. Thus I do expect to see no fact checking of anti-trans, anti-vaccine and anti-immigrant content. But I don't think that Meta's documented censorship of Palestinian content [1] will change, because the censorship is inline with Trump's political opinions. [1] https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/20/meta-systemic-censorship-palestine-content https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/20/meta-systemic-censorship...

SV_BubbleTime 2y ago
Maybe it’s not Trump. Maybe the people elected Trump in a historic GOP win with demos that Reagan wouldn’t have won with… and Zuck sees the writing clearer than most? The way you put it leaves out the cause and only gets the effect.

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