What’s Driving Mark Zuckerberg’s About-Face? Attorney Breaks Down Shocking Censorship Shift

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Social media giant Meta shocked the tech industry Tuesday by announcing the company will be taking steps to "restore free expression" on its social media platforms, including Facebook. "After Trump first got elected in 2016, the legacy media wrote nonstop about how misinformation was a threat to democracy," Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a video statement, claiming his company tried to address these concerns without becoming "the arbiters of truth." He continued, "But the fact-checkers have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they've created, especially in the U.S." As CBN News reported, Meta has thus decided to phase out fact-checkers and opt to use "more comprehensive community notes," a system similar to what Elon Musk has implemented on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Jacob Huebert, president of Liberty Justice Center, a law firm that protects First Amendment rights, told CBN News he believes these sweeping changes follow a broad shift in politics and culture: Watch the weekly "Newsmakers" TV show each week on CBN News Watch the weekly "Newsmakers" TV show on CBN's YouTube channel Download the free CBN News App

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