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Alternate headline: “Trump and Musk Win Again!”
Just a few minutes ago, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta is changing its policies fairly radically to reduce the amount of censorship.
Inrecentyearswe’vedevelopedincreasinglycomplexsystemstomanagecontentacrossourplatforms,partlyinresponsetosocietalandpoliticalpressuretomoderatecontent.Thisapproachhasgonetoofar.Aswell-intentionedasmanyoftheseeffortshavebeen,theyhaveexpandedovertimetothepointwherewearemakingtoomanymistakes,frustratingourusersandtoooftengettinginthewayofthefreeexpressionwesetouttoenable.
Zuckerbergcontinues:
Wewanttofixthatandreturntothatfundamentalcommitmenttofreeexpression.Today,we’remakingsomechangestostaytruetothatideal.
Withinminutesoftheannouncement,Meta’sChiefGlobalAffairsOfficerJoelKaplanwasonFoxandFriends—FoxNews!—todiscussit. (Thisseemsprettysignificantinitself.Theysenttheir“ChiefGlobalAffairsOfficer”—isthatanamefor“headPRflack?”—intotheverybellyoftheTrumpianbeasttodiscussthechanges.Zuckerberg’smeeti
