Zuckerberg Goes "Full MAGA" as Meta Ends Fact-Checking in U.S. & Paves Way for More Hate Speech
Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced major changes to what content is allowed on his company's social media platforms Facebook, Instagram and Threads, scrapping the system of independent fact-checkers in favor of "community notes" from volunteer users. Zuckerberg also loosened moderation rules around offensive speech, which will allow hateful content targeting women, LGBTQ people and other groups. Meta's changes have been widely interpreted as a gift to Donald Trump and other Republicans, who have long argued against the policing of hate speech and disinformation online. The company has also donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration and recently added Trump ally Dana White, the CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship, to its corporate board — part of a larger shift in Silicon Valley toward Trump and his MAGA movement. For more on these changes, we speak with media scholars Siva Vaidhyanathan and Marc Owen Jones, as well as Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, whose media company Rappler has been at the forefront of battling disinformation and hate speech on social media. "As of last year, 71% of the world is under authoritarian rule. We are electing illiberal leaders democratically, partly because our public information ecosystem … is corrupting our individual communications with each other," says Ressa. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe
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I appeared yesterday on Democracy Now along with @mariaressa.bsky.social and Siva Vaidhyanathan to discuss Zuckerberg going 'full MAGA'. I argued that it was going to be open season in terms of digital hate for minorities and vulnerable groups in the US. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1Lw...
Alias, o corte todo do programa ta muito bom youtu.be/J1LwegbyxFs
It's time to block facebook...
Is Zuckerburg bowing to Trump or is Trump bowing to Zuckerberg? Intimidating foreign governments to eliminate regulations via Trump. Tech fascism is effective. FB has caused chaos abroad & helped authoritarians gain power. Interesting analysis from 3 scholars. youtu.be/J1LwegbyxFs
Zuckerberg Goes "Full MAGA" as Meta Ends Fact-Checking in U.S. & Paves Way for More Hate Speech www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1Lw...
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A thorough explanation of the Facebook/Meta current direction towards disinformation and authoritarianism. I have suspended my account. youtu.be/J1LwegbyxFs?...
This Democray Now! segment includes Maria Ressa, author of How to Stand Up to a Dictator (which I'm currently reading--it's really good). youtu.be/J1LwegbyxFs?... #fascism #fascists #Meta #Doucherberg #vomit #antisocialmedia #MariaRessa
Zuckerberg bends the knee… We are now in digital authoritarianism. youtube.com/watch?v=J1Lw...
The minute Mark Zuckerberg said, "Good Faith" I half expected him to spontaneously burst into flames. #Oligarch Zuckerberg Goes "Full MAGA" as Meta Ends Fact-Checking in U.S. & Paves Way for More Hate Speech #CommodifiedCulture #Corporatocracy #Authoritarian
why wasn't this mad public? fb has been used to spread hate/misinformation in many other countries-they have been sued he was NEVER nieve to the damage, he was NEVER a good guy-HAS TAKEN MONEY TO CAUSE GEINOIDE IN OTHER PLACES-ITS NOT TRUMP - 27min IMPORTANT TO WATCH youtu.be/J1LwegbyxFs?...
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youtu.be/J1LwegbyxFs?... So Zuckerberg wants to go full Musk in his latest updates to FB? Then he gets the same as Musk, started procedure for deletion of everything FB I can (pictures, likes, posts, messenger, follows, friends) before 30 days from now full account deletion, final straw since CambAn
Authoritarian governments depend on disinformation, outright lies, and has contributed to the rise of hate speech across the world. Via @democracynow.org youtu.be/J1LwegbyxFs?...
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