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.
Meta drops fact-checking, loosens its content moderation rules
Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, today announced a major overhaul of its content moderation policies, taking off some guardrails
Analysis: Meta's content moderation was a failed experiment
Zuckerberg’s blunt reversal this week puts an end to the era of corporate content moderation. Whether you view it as idealistic or sinister, content moderation has now ended as a failed experiment — even by its own terms.
Meta Under Fire: Content Moderation, Corporate Decisions
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Meta criticised over ‘chilling’ content moderation changes
Meta criticised over ‘chilling’ content moderation changes - The social media giant has announced it is ending third-party fact-checking and loosening its content moderation systems.
The good, the bad, and the stupid in Meta’s new content moderation policies
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Explainer: Will Meta’s scrapping content moderation turn businesses away from its platforms?
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Meta crowdsources content moderation – what are the legal implications?
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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.
Meta Drops Rules Protecting L.G.B.T.Q. Community as Part of Content Moderation Overhaul
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Meta makes major changes to moderation policies
Meta will be making major changes to its content moderation policy on Facebook and Instagram, getting rid of fact checkers and replacing them with user-generated “community notes,” similar to Elon Musk’s X,
Leaked Meta Rules: Users Are Free to Post “Mexican Immigrants Are Trash!” or “Trans People Are Immoral”
Facebook now allows attacks on immigrants and trans people, and posts like “Mexican immigrants are trash!” and “I’m a proud ...
Meta's moderation shake-up highlights a political divide among influencers
As Mark Zuckerberg pulls back on Meta's content moderation in the name of free speech, some creators have concerns.
Meta makes major move back to free speech and ends 3rd-party fact-checking program
Meta recently announced it will cease working with third-party fact-checking organizations to flag misleading posts on ...
Social-Media Companies Decide Content Moderation Is Trending Down
Social-media companies never wanted to aggressively police content on their platforms. Now, they are deciding they don’t have ...
Mark Zuckerberg's content-moderation changes come after a long line of nightmares
Content moderation has always been a pit of despair for Meta. And now, Mark Zuckerberg's "apology tour" seems to be ...
Meta to phase back in political content on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
As part of a significant overhaul of its content moderation policies announced on Tuesday, Meta admitted that its approach to ...
Meta's moderation rollback sparks celebration and despair
Some Republicans celebrated the move which they framed as a result of their war against social media censorship.
How Mark Zuckerberg pivoted Meta to the right
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that he was ending professional fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram.