I'll remain skeptical and say I'll believe it when I see it.
But Trump friend Dana White is now a board member of META, parent company of Facebook. Zuckerberg admits that his own censorship was political. He now claims that Facebook will reform into a free speech platform??? And it will emulate the "community notes" type of corrections that exist on rival Elon Musk's X (Twitter) platform.
We shall see. But if true, it is a huge win for free speech.
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But Trump friend Dana White is now a board member of META, parent company of Facebook. Zuckerberg admits that his own censorship was political. He now claims that Facebook will reform into a free speech platform??? And it will emulate the "community notes" type of corrections that exist on rival Elon Musk's X (Twitter) platform.
We shall see. But if true, it is a huge win for free speech.
JONATHAN TURLEY: Meta's Zuckerberg makes a free speech move that could be truly transformational
Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that the company would adopt X standards and restore free speech protections across Facebook, Instagram, and Meta platforms.
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JONATHAN TURLEY: Meta's Zuckerberg makes a free speech move that could be truly transformational
Elon Musk may have just added a major new ally who could help turn the tide for free speech: Meta's Mark Zuckerberg
January 7, 2025 12:11pm EST
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"Faithful friends are hard to find." For the free speech community, those words from Shakespeare have long been tragically true. Indeed, until tech billionaire Elon Muskbought Twitter (now X), we were losing ground around the world to an unprecedented anti-free speech coalition of government, corporate, media, and academic interests.
Now, Musk may have added a major new ally that could help turn the tide for free speech: Mark Zuckerberg.
In a new video, Meta's CEO announced that the company would adopt X standards and restore free speech protections across Facebook, Instagram, and Meta platforms. Meta will also end its third-party fact-checking program, introduce a 'community notes' system, and focus on removing criminal and fraudulent material—the very guidelines proposed by some of us in prior years.
META ENDS FACT-CHECKING PROGRAM AS ZUCKERBERG VOWS TO RESTORE FREE EXPRESSION ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM
For the free speech community, it was like the United States entering World War II to support Great Britain. Where Musk stopped the progress of the global anti-free speech movement, Zuckerberg could actually help us regain ground around the world.
As one of Zuckerberg's most vocal critics over free speech, it is admittedly hard to trust the Meta CEO. We all love redemptive sinners, but it would be more impressive if the redemption preceded the apprehension.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, arrives for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 31, 2024 in Washington, D.C. The committee heard testimony from the heads of the largest tech firms on the dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
So, allow me a brief cathartic moment...
In the last few years, a mix of House investigations and litigation has forced more of the censorship system under the Biden administration into public view. That is expected to draw even greater attention with the continued discovery in Missouri v. Biden, showing years of false statements about the extent of this government-corporate alliance across social media platforms.
In my recent book, "The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage," I wrote about Zuckerburg and Meta's record on censorship, including their failure (until recently) to release the Facebook files.
Meta resisted efforts to uncover this evidence for years, even after Musk released the Twitter Files and revealed a censorship system described by one court as perfectly "Orwellian."
While Zuckerburg portrayed Meta as an unwilling partner in this censorship system in his Tuesday video, he and the company ignored several years of objections from many of us regarding the critical role the company plays in targeting and censoring opposing viewpoints.
Facebook even ran a creepy ad campaign to try to convince young people to embrace what they call "content modification" as part of their evolution with technology. It did not work.
When the anti-free speech movement targeted Musk, Zuckerberg did nothing for years. Fearing that other companies might restore free speech protections, members of Congress, including now Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., sent a chilling letter to Facebook stating that it should not even consider such a move or risk becoming "part of our ongoing oversight efforts." . . .
