Meta, with a staggering 3.29 billion daily active users, has announced significant changes to its content moderation policies. CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the company will cease fact-checking in the US, relax restrictions on speech, and increase the visibility of tailored political content in users’ feeds. These changes come after Zuckerberg’s acknowledgment of past mistakes, including the Cambridge Analytica scandal, a militia’s call to arms on Facebook, and its role in the Myanmar genocide. The new policies will allow for more controversial speech, such as calling transgender people “it” or claiming homosexuality is a mental illness. Despite these shifts, Meta’s market cap remains at $1.54 trillion, dwarfing the combined value of major media companies. The decision to end fact-checking and alter speech policies has sparked debate, especially among Meta’s employees and the broader public, about the implications for misinformation and hate speech on the platform.
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