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Americans are messed up Reaction to Meta’s decision It is ending its fact-checking program this week, a move some told Fox News Digital is concerning.
“Free speech should be absolute,” one respondent told Fox News Digital in Texas. “I don’t think anyone has the right to censor anyone.”
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced On Wednesday, the company will end its fact-checking program and lift restrictions on speech to “restore free speech on Facebook, Instagram and other Meta platforms,” acknowledging that its current content moderation practices “go too far.” Zuckerberg said Meta’s new system will be similar to Elon Musk’s community annotations on X.
“I like getting rid of fact-checkers. Fact-checkers don’t really do much fact-checking, just fact-checking on the people who pay them to fact-check,” Rudy told Fox News Digital. “In my opinion, they can’t be trusted. Same thing, just pushed the button, a little too late. But I think it’s better than what they had.”
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday that his company will adopt a new fact-checking system similar to Elon Musk’s community annotations. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC/Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto/Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
other americans told Fox News Digital the news was disappointing.
“That’s disappointing to me because you want all of your social media to be fact-checked as well as possible so that you have accurate information. I’m really concerned that Facebook might not go through the fact-checking process as well as it should , I believe,” Gregg told Fox Digital News.
Executives said Meta’s third-party fact-checking program was implemented after the 2016 election largely due to “political pressure” and was used to “moderate content” and misinformation on the platform, but admitted the system “has Outdated”. Far away. ”
Many people told Fox News Digital that they had not heard about Meta’s announcement.
Facebook application on smartphone. (Kurt “CyberGuy” Knutson)
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“Honestly, a few years ago, I probably would have said, ‘Well, this is a private company. They have the right to do what they want and people should use their own brains to figure out what’s right and what’s wrong ‘s, what’s real.’ But, I’m a psychology student, and I’ve come to realize that people don’t always stop and think for themselves, so maybe they need other people to fact-check them, so, yeah, It’s concerning,” Melissa said.
Fox Digital News also asked Texas residents about Zuckerberg’s move Meta’s content moderation team to their form.
“Yeah, we’ll give them a chance and see how it goes,” Gregg said. “I’ve given up all social media, you know, just because it’s not fact-checked and it’s not regulated like I think it should be.”
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Another Texan, Madeleine, told Fox News Digital that Zuckerberg is most likely to move to Texas because businesses are “easier to operate” in the state, and questioned him about moving operations from California. reasons.
Elizabeth Heckman reported from Texas.
Fox News’ Brooke Singleman contributed to this report.
