Meta’s MAGA makeover
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Last week, I wrote about Meta’s promotion of Brett Kavanaugh associate Joel Kaplan to lead global policy, the latest in a series of corporate moves that have made the tech giant much more Republican-friendly in recent years. And Meta wasn’t done with its MAGA makeover to kick off the new year: The parent company of Facebook and Instagram has announced a host of disturbing new policies that include ending its fact-checking program — precisely as Meta welcomes more political content on its platforms — in favor of a system similar to Community Notes on X, which has become a hotbed of right-wing extremism and misinformation. Meta also will alter its content moderation procedures.
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