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This is a BS piece of PR fluff. They aren’t scrapping factchecking in Europe, where it is a legal requirement. It’s not like they are pulling out of Europe.
by K0balt 2y ago
This is a BS piece of PR fluff.
They aren’t scrapping factchecking in Europe, where it is a legal requirement. It’s not like they are pulling out of Europe.
- ourmandave 2y ago^^^ These are the kind of Community Notes we need.
- mrbigbob 2y agoFrom the article linked: "The 40-year-old billionaire said that, starting in the US, Meta would “get rid of factcheckers and replace them with community notes similar to X” " You are right this does not apply to Europe where you guys have strict laws that you actually enforce. But here in the US heaven forbid that the "Free" market has any sort of regulation that might make multi billion/trillion dollar companies have to work a little harder to not destroy the lives, health, or environment of our countrymen. This is just the beginning and i sadly dont see it getting any better for several years. Large companies will have more free reign to do what they please in the US even more so than the current status quo
- xvector 2y agoHopefully Trump strongarms Europe into getting rid of those laws and restoring free speech. IIUC Trump explicitly mentioned he'd do this as part of this work with Zuck.
- K0balt 2y agoThere is a difference between free supporting free speech and being an amplifier for malicious propaganda and engineered falsehoods. It seems to be a hard line to define, but that line exists.