Lionel Bonaventure - AFP / Getty ImagesPremium A Look Back at Facebook's Censorship Era The era of fact-checking is quickly coming to an end on Meta's platforms, but it's unclear if it's gone for good. By C. Douglas Golden January 23, 2025
Anna Barclay/ Getty ImagesOp-Ed The Origins and Evolution of Free Speech: Meta's Shift and the Future of Digital Expression "Zuckerberg's announcement is a sign that the tide may be turning in favor of free speech, but the battle is far from over." By Phil Hotsenpiller January 21, 2025
@goddeketal / X screen shotCommentary Literally Painful to Watch: 60 Seconds Where Zuckerberg Tries to Convince Rogan He's a Hunter but Is Completely Clueless Mark Zuckerberg tried to talk bow hunting with Joe Rogan on his podcast but couldn't answer some basic questions. By Samuel Short January 19, 2025
Smith Collection / Gado via Getty ImagesCommentary Trans Workers at Facebook Face Nasty Surprise Visiting the Bathroom Under Zuckerberg's New Policy: Report The CEO of Facebook's parent company has announced sweeping changes for some of the world's largest social media platforms. By Joe Saunders January 11, 2025
JOSH EDELSON / AFP via Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Continues Its Dramatic Overhaul, Abruptly Blows Up Its Entire DEI Department Meta made another move to the right Friday with the announcement that the company is ending its diversity, equity, and inclusion program. By Randy DeSoto January 10, 2025
Ezra Acayan / Getty ImagesCommentary The True Test for Meta: Unjustly Suspended Facebook Accounts Fire Back Meta's crackdown on free speech hasn't just been at the hands of fact checkers, and these pro-lifers were victims of the process. By C. Douglas Golden January 10, 2025
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds - AFP Getty ImagesCommentary Fact-Checkers Freak Out, Call 'Emergency' Meetings After Zuckerberg Pulls the Money Members of the International Fact-Checking Network hosted an emergency meeting after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled free speech policies. By Ben Zeisloft January 9, 2025
STR - Jiji Press - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary With 'Fact-Checkers' On Their Way Out at Facebook, Babylon Bee Notes 12 Times Platform Fact-Checked Satire "USA Today, another one of Facebook's fact-checking partners, helpfully pointed out that this was satire," the Bee mockingly noted on one. By C. Douglas Golden January 9, 2025
Michael Simon / Getty Images Facebook Going Full MAGA? Dana White Joins Meta Board of Directors as Zuckerberg Promises Free Speech Meta and Mark Zuckerberg keep stunning the tech world, and now there's a major pro-Trump voice on Meta's board. By Jack Davis January 8, 2025
Anna Moneymaker / Getty ImagesCommentary Zuckerberg Drops 'Fact-Checking,' Says Process Eroded Trust. NYT Blames ... Fake News “I don’t believe we were doing anything, in any form, with bias,” one fact-checker said in comments repeated by the Times. By C. Douglas Golden January 8, 2025