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US President Joe Biden attacked Meta for its decision to get rid of fact-checkers and replace them with user-generated community feedback.
Biden said during a White House statement about the economy: “The idea that a billionaire could buy something and say, by the way, from this point forward, we’re not going to verify anything, and you know, when you have millions. of people reading, going online, reading these things.” This is truly shameful“.
The company’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced Tuesday in a video about the new “Meta” policy and said: “The fact checkers were very politically biased and destroyed more trust than they created.”“.
The American technology giant decided to end its diversity, equality and inclusion programs, including recruitment, training and supplier selection programs, in a memo sent to its employees..
The social media company also ended its fact-checking program in the United States and eased restrictions on discussion of controversial topics such as immigration and gender identity..
These changes to “Meta” come just before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, at a time when Zuckerberg and Meta have long been criticized by Trump and other Republicans for what they see as “censorship” of right-wing voices..
In this regard, an informed source said that Zuckerberg met with Trump at the Mar-a-Lago resort yesterday, Friday, and although precise details about the nature of the meeting were not disclosed, the event raised speculation about his possible goals and his influence. on the future of social media and politics in the United States..
Source: Agencies