Firing Fact Checkers From Facebook

Today, it was reported by CNN and others that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Threads, is ridding itself of content moderators, you know, fact checkers, the Nazi propagandists who have taken down many inoffensive posts for years. Including mine.

“Fact checkers have been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they have created,” Mark Zuckerberg said. “What started as a movement to be more inclusive has increasingly shut out opinions and shut down people with different ideas, and it has gone too far.”

Zuckerberg stated that the platforms will instead initiate user-generated “community-notes" similar to what Elon Musk uses on X.

In light of the fact that fact checkers actually have done greater harm to the concept and practice of free speech, is anyone surprised?

 Recently Joel Kaplan, a Republican, was named Chief of Global Affairs, and Dana White, a staunch Trump ally, was named to Meta’s Board of Directors. In addition, it was announced that Meta and Zuckerberg would donate $1MM to the Trump Inauguration Committee.

Presently, as you know, I have been placed in “Facebook Jail” since December 11 for a period of six months. I know I have seen others who were also banished for long periods of time before this, including the President-Elect, for voicing an opinion thar some Nazi did not like.

Once my sentence is lifted, I will accept that as enough of an apology for the action caused by some misguided anthropomorphic fool, who did not understand what free speech really means.

The question now becomes, “When does this new policy take effect? Today? Next week? In February?” It is one thing to make a statement. But it should come with an implemtation date, too.

We all await the next phase, Mark.