Political strategist Tim Miller called Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg “responsible” on Tuesday’s podcast after he criticized his platform’s fact checkers as “too politically biased.” They accused him of not taking the necessary information.
zuckerberg released It posted a video on Facebook on Tuesday announcing the company’s changes to content moderation. Regarding The Bulwark, Miller said there were “two elements” to the CEO’s statement and called the company’s fact-checking “almost pointless.” (Related: Zack sheds left-wing bias, key Trump ally joins Meta’s board)
“Well, I think there are two parts to this. One is the positive sucking up of Trump, and the other is the regret looking back. I’m going to get into the badmouthing of President Trump now. , let’s get to the retrospective part first,” Miller said.
“Bill Kristol from our internal Slack wrote this. I said I was going to steal it from him, but I’ll take credit for it. He said, ‘Here’s the thing, fact-checking comes after all. It was almost pointless,” Miller added. “There’s not much evidence [the] The fact-checking part works. I’m thinking of downgrading things [the] Food is important. Fact checking ended up not being very helpful. I accept the fact that there are opposing studies on this. Maybe you’ve seen it before [it]”
In 2016, Meta launched a fact-checking system on Facebook, running information on the platform through third-party “fact-checkers” certified by the International Fact-Checking Network and the European Fact-Checking Standards Network. According to Go to NBC News. But even though the program has been in place at both Facebook and Instagram for the past nine years, Zuckerberg said both programs “go back to basics, reduce mistakes, simplify policies, and… “We are focused on restoring free expression on our platforms.”
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Miller went on to mention how conservative Bill Kristol, who is “never Trump,” also criticized Zuckerberg, adding that the CEO could then remove fact checks on the platform at any time.
“invoice [Kristol] “What Zack now accuses of being in charge of Facebook fact-checking at the time, arranging it, overseeing it, and paying for it for years is a Stalinist spectacle against the new leader. “It’s a kind of self-deprecation of the trial.” ” Miller said. “I think wearing President Trump’s hair shirt is part of that, and I think there are parts of him that he regrets about it, but he says he collectively accepts responsibility for the decisions he made. Among the richest people in the world who haven’t done the mature thing. ”
“With this announcement, it’s like, ‘The traditional media and those annoying hall monitors forced me to do this.’ Now it’s like, ‘Now I can give them a big middle finger.’ As you pointed out, he really could have done anything he wanted to do,” Miller added. “It’s not like Biden’s regulators were targeting him. He believed a lot of the stuff based on his interview with Ben Smith, but he hasn’t accepted responsibility for it. I don’t feel like that.”
Zuckerberg’s replatforming comes after billionaire Elon Musk took over X, formerly known as Twitter, in 2022 with the aim of protecting the “free speech” platform. This was done in response to changes. The CEO said in the video that the change was influenced by the 2024 election, and accused “the government and traditional media” of trying to “increase censorship.”
Republicans have long criticized social media censorship and its impact on the public, with platforms working with the government to suppress coverage of Hunter Biden’s laptop and influencing the 2020 election. Ta.
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