Article in Reporters Without Borders by Staff, 1/9/25

Headline:  “Mark Zuckerberg takes Meta’s hostility toward journalism to new level”

“In a five-minute video, Mark Zuckerberg has confirmed his social media empire’s subjugation to the future Trump administration in a radical shift to “Musk-style” policies on its platforms. In his new Meta purged of fact-checkers, journalism is portrayed as the enemy of free speech. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled by this dramatic surge in hostility toward the right to information.

“No more room for journalism. In a video posted on Facebook on January 7, Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg unveiled his company’s new policy on political information and debate. The billionaire says Meta will “get rid of fact-checkers” – who have been accused of helping destroy online trust rather than repairing it. Instead, they will be replaced with a system derived from X’s “Community Notes,” leaving it to users to verify the reliability of information themselves.”

https://rsf.org/en/mark-zuckerberg-takes-meta-s-hostility-toward-journalism-new-level