Utopia Talk / Politics / Meta ditches political censorship

Rugian Member	Wed Jan 08 15:22:43 More Speech and Fewer Mistakes Starting in the US, we are ending our third party fact-checking program and moving to a Community Notes model. We will allow more speech by lifting restrictions on some topics that are part of mainstream discourse and focusing our enforcement on illegal and high-severity violations. We will take a more personalized approach to political content, so that people who want to see more of it in their feeds can. http://abo...ta-more-speech-fewer-mistakes/ Ahahahahaha
Rugian Member	Wed Jan 08 15:23:41 "Fack checkers" are in total meltdown mode over this. "Mark Zuckerberg says ending fact-checks will curb censorship. Fact-checkers say he's wrong." http://www...book-fact-checkers-censorship/ lmaooooooooooo
Rugian Member	Wed Jan 08 15:27:08 "Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have ‘Mental Illness’ Meta rolled out a number of changes to its “Hateful Conduct” policy Tuesday as part of a sweeping overhaul of its approach toward content moderation." http://www...ration-gender-policies-change/ It was always ridiculous that people were banned from being able to say the truth. Thank God Trump won.
Dukhat Member	Wed Jan 08 15:39:12 Yay. More cherub cows being produced daily.
obaminated Member	Wed Jan 08 16:05:42 Cuckhat, tw, seb, jergul... This is what course correction looks like.
Paramount Member	Wed Jan 08 16:45:07 ” We will allow more speech by lifting restrictions on some topics that are part of mainstream discourse ” So not on all topics but only on some? Anyway, do people still use Facebook?
Interesting Facts Member	Thu Jan 09 05:15:08 "moving to a Community Notes model." Community notes on X are usually based on the work of fact checkers and traditional media. It will be no different on FB.
murder Member	Thu Jan 09 06:30:53 "Anyway, do people still use Facebook?" I've been asking this question for years, and much to my surprise, people do. Facebook is still the largest social media site with > 3 billion "monthly users". Whatever the fuck that means. -
murder Member	Thu Jan 09 06:39:58 "Community notes on X are usually based on the work of fact checkers and traditional media. It will be no different on FB." We even have fact checkers on UP.
williamthebastard Member	Thu Jan 09 13:25:44 Maga says El-ron loves censorship lol http://youtu.be/bDULdvU1S4A?t=75
williamthebastard Member	Thu Jan 09 14:03:16 El-ron censored in favour of Trump according to them, i.e. censorship of liberal speech, which they were only too happy about at the time, but as always with the far right's unlimited selfishness, the core essence of the far right, they only ever care when it happens to them
williamthebastard Member	Thu Jan 09 15:20:08 First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. Far right ideology in its complete and utter entirety. There is nothing more.
obaminated Member	Fri Jan 10 13:06:48 And zuck went on the rogan podcast and blasted the biden administration for wanting him to censor what was allowed on his platforms. Haha. I love the 180. Trump red pilled social media. Btw. How is that other site doing? What was it called again? Blue? I forget. No one uses it I suppose.
Sam Adams Member	Fri Jan 10 14:09:34 Haha left wing losers are so butthurt about this
Rugian Member	Fri Jan 10 14:34:15 The fact that free speech is considered to be such a bad thing by the left just goes to tell you that the left is absolutely retarded. Waaaaah people are saying things that I don't like or agree with waaaaah
obaminated Member	Fri Jan 10 14:56:42 The left is mad because their chokehold on social media that they had in 2020 is completely broken. It started when elon bought twitter and they flipped out. It's now complete with zuck joining the Maga party.
Rugian Member	Sat Jan 11 11:56:37 ^ Yup. They thought that the election of Trump in 2016 was a catalyst to stamp down on free speech and create a new regime where only credentialed journalists, Democratic politicians, and other select elites had the right to shape public discourse. Moves like this are now causing that regime to unravel. And they can't fucking stand it. It's glorious.
Rugian Member	Sat Jan 11 12:05:10 "Zuckerberg says that the Biden team would call them “screaming and cursing”, demanding censorship of COVID related stories and memes" http://www...hat_the_biden_team_would_call/
LazyCommunist Member	Sun Jan 12 11:33:13 Our good BRICS ally Brazil disagrees and I support that. We will not tolerate Yankee propaganda in our countries. http://www...ions-comply-with-national-laws Government underscores it will not compromise on sovereignty, demands that changes in Meta operations comply with national laws Attorney General's Office (AGU) will file extrajudicial notification requesting the company to explain implications of guidelines change for users in Brazil Published in Jan 10, 2025 Brazil’s Federal Government decided to file an extrajudicial notice requiring Meta to explain the potential implications of changes in the guidelines of the digital networks it controls, such as Facebook and Instagram. The decision was taken after a meeting held by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva this Friday, January 10, attended by ministers, secretaries, and advisors at Planalto Palace, in Brasilia. According to Minister Rui Costa (Chief of Staff), the President was clear in saying that he will not compromise on sovereignty and that every national or multinational company will be required to follow Brazil’s fiscal framework and legal system. “It is with great concern that we see one of the main digital networks announcing they will no longer control content because this greatly impacts Brazilian society,” he stated. “There is impact when we talk about improper content, information related to criminal practices, respect for human life, aggressions based on race, gender, regional background, hate speech, and we are very concerned that this control ceases to exist also for the spreading of fake news," listed the minister, reinforcing that the country already has a series of consolidated rules regarding these issues. NOTIFICATION — As a consequence of this context, the Office of the Attorney-General (Advocacia-Geral da União/AGU) will file this Friday an extrajudicial notice requiring the company to explain, in 72 hours, the policy it will apply to Brazil. “Brazil has rigorous legislation to protect children and adolescents, vulnerable populations, and the business environment, and we will not allow these networks to transform the environment into digital carnage or barbarity," stated Attorney-General Jorge Messias. MECHANISMS — Messias emphasized that the Brazilian Government will not stand idly by but will seek all legal mechanisms to ensure Meta respects the laws currently in place in the country. "Meta will have to categorically explain how it will protect children and adolescents, women, and small-scale businesses that use the platform as a business model," he declared. SOVEREIGNTY — Even before the meeting, on Thursday, President Lula had already spoken about the issue during a visit to an exhibition at the Planalto Palace with the artworks recovered after the invasions in January 8, 2023. “I find it extremely grave that people may want digital communication to not abide by the same responsibilities of the person who commits a crime in printed press, you know? It is as if a citizen could be punished for something he does in real life but not for doing the same thing in the digital world. What we want, in fact, is for every country to have their sovereignty safeguarded,” he stated.
Rugian Member	Sun Jan 12 11:34:15 Yes, this is a common move of dictatorships.
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