Biden calls Meta’s decision to drop factchecking ‘really shameful’
Summary
President Joe Biden criticized Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to replace factchecking with community-moderated notes, calling it "really shameful" and "contrary to American justice."
Zuckerberg defended the move, claiming factchecking undermined public trust and stating the company aims to prioritize free speech.
The decision follows Meta's rollback of diversity and inclusion programs amid legal and political shifts.
Biden, in his final press call as president, emphasized the importance of countering misinformation, labeling Meta’s approach irresponsible and harmful to truth and public discourse.
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When the president calls a mega corporation's action "shamefull" is this some kind of regulation? Is this some kind of penalty?
It's just virtue signaling. What he actually meant to do is send weapons to Israel but he got confused.
Hey non-voting lefties! Join us in appreciating the last time you'll see a President say something that's not only factually correct, but is in line with your personal beliefs!
Ahhhh. Nice, isn't it?
I'm with ya, but at this point it doesn't really matter, and he's still doing ICC shenanigans. Fuckem both i'm not american (and i vote in my elections).
Okay but are you asserting you wouldn't vote against Trump if you voted in 2024?
I would have voted against Trump
Then you're not one of the morons that person was targeting so there's no need to defend their reasoning.
Yours is perfectly solid reasoning outside of an American POTUS context.
If only Biden was president, and could order shooting neonazis about to take the reigns of power... via an official act that is legally protected?
The whole "enemies, foreign and domestic" thing....
Well it sure would be interesting, but I doubt that will happen. And frankly, that's ok by me if it doesn't. I prefer my justice to be ethical wherever possible.
Of course Biden will never do it, he will just allow a domestic enemy to seize power. Trump, however, certainly will. Remember the unmarked vans, with unmarked soldiers, scooping people up in Portland? That was a dry run. Our "Beer Hall Putsch" (Well, one of them, at least).
I think if they legitimately win the election then killing them isn't exactly appropriate.
They shouldn't have won the election. We'd be in much better shape.
Hitler legitimatley won his election too. And someone should have shot him in the head at the moment, too.
But then the neoliberals wouldn't be able to pretend to want to do something for the next 4 years, while selling us out down the river, so their portfolios can improve.
Democrats should be forced to pass electoral reform in all blue states as punishment for losing to the world's biggest loser twice. Blue conservatives no longer deserve to go it alone against the republicans.
Contact your elected officials and ask why they don't stop disinformation on social media.
Better yet, spread horrid disinformation about your elected officials on social media.
Tiktok gets banned for showing pro-Palestine content. Facebook gets an aww shucks for spreading endless misinformation
TikTok gets banned for being Chinese Spyware.
Facebook gets an aww shucks for being American Spyware.
Yeah, since when is TikTok getting banned for showing pro-Palestine content? The only thing I've ever read or heard about it is the US government being scared of Chinese spying.
Not saying that's a good excuse either. I just think your statement is incorrect.
Also sorta funny and ironic you're spreading misinformation while complaining about misinformation.
https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/05/06/senator-romney-antony-blinken-tiktok-ban-israel-palestinian-content
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https://www.newarab.com/news/support-tiktok-ban-due-gaza-content-says-mitt-romney
https://truthout.org/articles/tiktok-exposed-youth-to-genocide-in-gaza-is-that-why-electeds-want-it-banned/
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/10/24/shadowbanning-are-social-media-giants-censoring-pro-palestine-voices
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He turned out to the the POS I expected. A leopard cant change its spots
Yeah he should make them censor stories line his son's laptop story, that will save us from fascism!
You mean the story where Rudy Guiliani was duplicating, disseminating, and transporting across state lines, child pornography, and doing so knowingly for weeks before considering turning it over to law enforcement.
Which he never turned over?
No the one where the fbi interfered with the election by lying about it being Russian disinformation
Shockingly? Turns out it was all largely fabricated, and was Russian disinformation... I mean, if it wasn't, why wasn't Guiliani charged with duplicating and disseminating child pornography across state lines?
That's like felony time, in club fed, minimally 15 years, assuming only a single 30 second clip...
No it was Hunter's laptop, so it wasn't Russian disinfo
The laptop that purportedly contained child porn, which was duplicated several times, and distributed by Rudy Guiliani?
That laptop?
The one where the "source" for this was actually arrested for lying about it?
Or the laptop that was handed to a blind man, who cannot confirm it was Hunter Biden?
Are you familiar with the idea of "Occam's Razor"?
Are you seriously denying it was Hunter's laptop? You are literally the thing you say we need to protect people from lmao
Okay! Bye!
Biden SLAMS Meta!
Biden can SLAM his bullshit back up his ass
Really shameful you keep giving weapons to a genocide country but here we are.
It is okay, now with Meta's hands off approach we will finally be able to criticize Israel.....oh wait apparently that is not what they meant.
Real eloquent stuff.
Don't you worry your lefty little head about that! Donald Trump is totally going to make you wish you had done the one measly little thing you could have the one time it mattered!
But sure, get some good ol' Genocide Joe-ing in while you can. Tell us all about it!
Why not smash through insanely overpowered executive orders if only to clog up the Supreme Court?
Why don't they try? Ever? Anything?
Do something about it or shut up, Joe.
Can't govern by shaming.
True. The most effective means of governing is by executive orders, issued weeks before leaving office, that can be immediately overturned by the incoming president.
Biden should be impeached and in jail himself for numerous violations related to shipping weappons to genociders. But we arent a country of laws anymore, so I guess geriatric virtue signalling via finger wagging is fine. Whats it even matter anymore.
388-58 was the vote on sending the last aid package in Congress. Those are the same people who vote to impeach the president. They write the checks for it as well. And have been a Majority Republican house since before Biden got in. Not that it would have changed much with how the Democrats have been voting in terms of Israel.
Point being, why would Congress vote to impeach someone doing what they wanted?
Wow, he really socked it to them.
He's known for his fiery rhetoric, especially slamming and blasting his enemies. CNN said so.
Rich and powerful hate facts. Dumb sheep easier to control :)
Biden criticized Meta, the company known for imprisoning children to mine elements for their AI batteries, because they dropped fact checking?
I mean American enslaves children and murders countless so get of your high horse Americans
Hey, we allow American children to work in mines, they love it! We've also found this neat method at our borders that if you separate families they get really desperate and stressed out. To the point they might just turn around and leave if we ever let them out of our camps.
Fact checking affects Democrat election results. Not all that other silly stuff.
You are the one that control what they are allowed to do.
Lmao Dems are beyond useless.
Kill the Democratic party, they have no chance of doing the right thing
Really Shameful describes their entire history.
I call biden really shameful. You obviously have the respect of your peers but all you can do is wag your finger like an impotent bitch boy.
Billionaires are shaking /s
Ok. What laws were broken?
And what did you do about this bullshit when you were president, cunt
Zuckbot doesn’t have the shame emotion installed.
Unfortunately that's going to be the rule going forward
Facebook is contrary to American justice?
First off: I think not. lol It's MO is exactly the same. Rich people get to die anything they want and the poors can suck it.
Secondly: what the hell does he think Facebook is, the right to assemble, a public space?
Please don't use the lie machine for lying, it's just supposed to sell crap, not bull crap?
“Ain’t that a shame, you’re the one to blame” - Fats Domino
It looks like politics is now a wholly owned subsidiary of lefty punk-ass idiots. Well, we'll enjoy their hot takes on their new god emperor with no clothes for four exciting vomitous years.
Thanks lefties! Enjoy your self righteousness.
For anyone relatively new to lemmy, "lefty" is apparently different from "liberal" by an incredibly large amount, although they'll need to explain it because I don't know.
What does this mean?
It means they, for some inexplicable reason, thought the pre-election "shut up about Biden" hivemind would survive perpetually.
I'm still a little confused. Meaning that the next four years we'll get to hear criticisms of Biden?
I'm guessing it'll die down a bit when he, you know, stops actually being president.
It takes great strength for someone to admit their limitations, and that I can respect.
Those are definitley English words...
Not all leftists are idiots. I was here every day prior to the election, telling those morons to shut the fuck up.
Ah. I assume then you're one of those fake leftists who voted because you love a rigged system and support genocide and transphobia.
LOL... You are really making it difficult to defend my previous comment.
Look how they lash out. Sad.
You should redirect that anger inwards, my friend. And take your bullshit purity tests elsewhere, I'm not interested.
Hey I'm just repeating what I've been told by tools of russia and technazis who believe themeselves to be so progressive they're beyond liberal and then bitter about it somehow.