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Meta to move key content policy team to Texas amid fact-checking changes
Meta — whose platforms boast over 3 billion users worldwide — did not offer specifics on where in the state it plans to move the team.
A key Meta team is moving to Texas after tech giant nixes fact checking
The parent company of Facebook and Instagram is moving to a community notes program over third-party fact-checkers.
Meta to move content moderators to Texas as part of plan to end fact-checking program
The tech giant’s decision to end the program comes as CEO Mark Zuckerberg seeks to mend ties with the incoming Trump administration.
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.
Instagram, Facebook parent Meta moving division to Texas in pivot toward ‘free expression’
Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, will move its “trust and safety team” out of California to Texas as the social media tech company rethinks the way it polices content on its platforms.
The Spirit of Facebook Is Moving From California to Texas
In that spirit, on Tuesday he announced that the trust and safety teams who write content policy for Facebook, Meta, and Threads would be moving from California to Texas. Facebook’s content cops will trade In & Out for Whataburger.
Zuckerberg says he’s moving Meta moderators to Texas because California seems too ‘biased’
As we work to promote free expression, I think that it will help us build trust to do this work in places where there’s less concern about the bias of our teams,’ according to the Meta CEO.
Meta’s content moderation teams moving from California to Texas after scrapping fact checking system
Meta is eliminating fact-checkers in a move founder Mark Zuckerberg said will make free speech a priority on its social media platforms — including Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp — and align the multinational tech giant with a political tilt to the right with the recent election of Donald Trump.
Is California too liberal to moderate Facebook? Meta moves moderation team to Texas
Good morning and welcome to the A.M. Alert! META SHUTS DOWN ITS FACT-CHECKING, WILL MOVE ITS MODERATION TEAM OUT OF CALIFORNIA Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will no longer fact check posts on its platforms,
Meta Follows Elon Musk’s Lead, Moves Staffers to Billionaire-Friendly Texas
According to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta trust and safety workers will be relocated to Texas to prevent them from “censoring” users ...
Mark Zuckerberg points to California 'bias,' moves team to Texas
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg slighted his company's home state of California in a video announcing new content policies for ...
Meta to end fact-checking, replacing it with community-driven system akin to Elon Musk's X
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday said the social media company is putting an end to its fact-check program and replacing ...
Meta Says It Will End Its Fact-Checking Program on Social Media Posts
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact-checkers on Facebook, Threads and Instagram and instead rely on ...
No Fact-Checking and More Hate Speech: Meta Goes MAGA
Mark Zuckerberg has fully adopted the language of his former right-wing critics about what constitutes censorship.
Meta ends fact-checking as Zuckerberg appeals to Trump
Meta Founder Mark Zuckerberg announced sweeping changes to his company’s social media platforms, including getting rid of fact checkers and major changes to its “Hateful Conduct” policies. Republican ...