Meta follows in X’s footsteps and says goodbye to data verification: what does this change mean?

Metathe company behind platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, has announced that will abandon its content moderation model, and instead a ‘Community Notes’ system will be adopted in the United States, a protocol similar to the one Elon Musk imposed on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter.

From the company they point out that this change will allow “greater freedom of expression”, by lifting the restrictions currently imposed on topics that “are part of the general discourse.” The founder of Facebook even shared a video where he personally explains some of the changes to which these social networks will be subjected. “It’s time to get back to our roots around free expression,” Zuckerberg said.

This measure is part of a series of changes that the company is carrying out in the US, coinciding with the return of Donald Trump to the presidency of the North American nation on January 20. For example, the company appointed the director Joel Kaplan, linked to the Republicans, as the group’s new policy manager. Additionally, those from Menlo Park announced that Dana White, John Elkann y Charlie Songhurst They will become part of the company’s board of directors.

The technology giant’s decision has been classified by many as a move to mark an improvement in relations between Meta and Donald Trump. In the past Trump openly criticized the company’s approach to political contente He even threatened the company with imprisoning Zuckerberg for “conspiring against him in 2020.”

What does the change of Goal mean?

Meta’s decision to eliminate fact-checkers has raised numerous concerns, as pointed out by CNNthis change will alter the way posts are moderated within the company’s social networks.

The new “Community Notes” would be generated by the users themselves, in a system similar to the one that has already been applied in X by Elon Musk. The company indicated in a statement that these notes “will require agreement among people with a variety of perspectives to help prevent biased ratings.”

Zuckerberg in the sights of Europe and the future of the company

Now, The European Commission is warning Mark Zuckerberg that it does not end the fact-checking program in Europe, and if it fires its fact-checkers in the EU, as it announced yesterday that it would do in the United States, It should first submit a risk assessment to the European Commission, as stated by an EU spokesperson.

From the German environment horizon point out that the end of the moderation model of Facebook, Instagram and Threads is part of a general trend among ‘Big Tech’, such as Amazon or Twitter, who are adding more and more efforts to improve relations and guarantee a more favorable terrain for their businesses in an uncertain future with Donald Trump at the head of the United States.