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[Wales-Bales]

Mark Zuckerberg has decided to follow Elon Musk by dumping an old favourite of the leftists, the one-sided fact-checking regime.

I sincerely hope the blinkered people among us will be able to handle this newfound truth, and that it's not too much of a shock to the system.

https://www.politico.eu/article/mark-zuckerberg-full-elon-musk-dump-facebook-fact-checker/

[Heathblue]

Re: Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg has decided to follow Elon Musk by dumping an old favourite of the leftists, the one-sided fact-checking regime.

I sincerely hope the blinkered people among us will be able to handle this newfound truth, and that it's not too much of a shock to the system.

https://www.politico.eu/article/mark...-fact-checker/

It's obvious, hes turned Faaaaaaar Right mun.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Facebook

Love the way the smuggeratti pile into one set of rich people who rip people off, yet they think other rich sods out to exploit you can do no wrong

[Wales-Bales]

Re: Facebook

Love the way the smuggeratti pile into one set of rich people who rip people off, yet they think other rich sods out to exploit you can do no wrong

I seem to recall you were a huge fan of the fact-checkers

[Heathblue]

Re: Facebook

I seem to recall you were a huge fan of the fact-checkers

I see Trumps mate Dana White has joined meta

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Facebook

I seem to recall you were a huge fan of the fact-checkers

Still am.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/list/?category=&ruling=pants-fire&speaker=donald-trump

[Wales-Bales]

Re: Facebook

I see Trumps mate Dana White has joined meta

Nick Clegg has gone.

"In June 2018, vice-president of global affairs and communications at Facebook, Inc. Elliot Schrage resigned his position. After talks with the Facebook leadership and Richard Allan, Baron Allan of Hallam, Facebook's Director of Policy in Europe and the Liberal Democrat MP for Sheffield Hallam before Clegg, in October 2018 Clegg was hired as a lobbyist and public relations officer, replacing Schrage as Vice-President, Global Affairs and Communications. He joined Facebook because he was "convinced that the culture is changing" and that "lawmakers need to have a serious conversation about whether data-intensive companies allow other companies to share and use data". He admitted that the Cambridge Analytica data scandal had "rocked Facebook to its very foundations" and told the BBC that the company "hadn't done enough in the past" in regards to data privacy.

In April 2019, Clegg was accused by Věra Jourová, European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, in a letter signed by a number of senior EU civil servants, of misunderstanding EU law, stating that proposed new Facebook guidelines on political advertising would "hinder the exercise of EU electoral rights." In May 2019, he rejected calls by American presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris, as well as Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes to break Facebook up, saying that Facebook was "a great American success story" and that "I don't think it's a very American tradition to start penalizing success." In June 2019, Clegg said there was "absolutely no evidence" that Russia had influenced the outcome of the EU referendum using Facebook. He said that the company was working towards greater regulation of technology firms. In October 2019, Damian Collins, chair of the British House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, formally asked Clegg to explain why Facebook had exempted political statements from fact-checking guidelines.

In 2020, Clegg helped lead the creation of the Facebook Oversight Board, which reported to him, convincing former Danish Prime Minister and former College of Europe friend Helle Thorning-Schmidt to serve as its co-chair. He then played a role in Facebook's deplatforming of U.S. President Donald Trump in mid-2021.

Ahead of the release of the whistleblown Facebook Files in October 2021, Clegg authored an internal memo saying that there was no evidence Facebook was a main cause in polarisation and that the company does not "profit from polarization, in fact, just the opposite." He later posted a public statement saying that the reporting on the Files "conferred egregiously false motives to Facebook's leadership and employees," saying that it was "just plain false" that Facebook ignored its own internal research. After the release of the Files, he then made a number of public interviews defending the company. In one of the interviews, he stated that "I can't give you a yes or no answer" when asked if Facebook played a role in amplifying extremist content ahead of the 2021 United States Capitol attack. Clegg faced criticism for his role in defending the company, with the Guardian journalist John Harris dubbing him "the fall guy for Facebook's failures". In February 2022, Clegg was promoted to president of global affairs.

In January 2025, Clegg announced he would step down from his role as president of global affairs and leave Meta within "the next few months". He is set to be succeeded by his current deputy Joel Kaplan, a Republican who previously served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff under George W. Bush. The leadership change has been described as an attempt to improve Meta's relations with Donald Trump, who is set to begin his second term as U.S. president 17 days after the announcement."

[Wales-Bales]

Re: Facebook

Still am.

https://www.politifact.com/factcheck...r=donald-trump

That explains a lot!

[jon1959]

Re: Facebook

Love the way the smuggeratti pile into one set of rich people who rip people off, yet they think other rich sods out to exploit you can do no wrong

Trump and Musk and Farage and Yaxley Lennon fan boys (not Heathblue - he's mainly taking the piss) who won't come clean.

Critical thinkers who spend their days triangulating? Pull the other!

[Wales-Bales]

Re: Facebook

Trump and Musk and Farage and Yaxley Lennon fan boys (not Heathblue - he's mainly taking the piss) who won't come clean.

Critical thinkers who spend their days triangulating? Pull the other!

I know your dream is to experience life under a Marxist regime, but it's not for everybody

[jon1959]

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I know your dream is to experience life under a Marxist regime, but it's not for everybody

I know your dream is to lick Trump's golden throne, but it's not for everybody

[Heathblue]

Re: Facebook

Trump and Musk and Farage and Yaxley Lennon fan boys (not Heathblue - he's mainly taking the piss) who won't come clean.

Critical thinkers who spend their days triangulating? Pull the other!

I just hate everyone but some a little more than others :wales:

[Wales-Bales]

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I just hate everyone but some a little more than others :wales:

Some people don't realise just how close to the edge we actually are.

[Heathblue]

Re: Facebook

Some people don't realise just how close to the edge we actually are.

I retract, just been listening to Nazareth "This Flight Tonight" Dan Mccaffety's voice is/was outstanding.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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Fair enough. I didn't realise you were someone who is happy for billionaires to control our politics and, through social media, our thoughts.