Why Facebook’s About-Face Is Turning Heads
CHONGQING, CHINA – NOVEMBER 6: A smartphone screen displays the Facebook logo, with the Meta company logo in the background, on November 6, 2024 in Chongqing, China. Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has been investing heavily in augmented reality, virtual reality, and the development of the metaverse, aiming to reshape the future of digital interaction. (Photo by Cheng Xin/Getty Images)

Opinion

Why Facebook’s About-Face Is Turning Heads

At the MRC we have tabulated 1,725 times Meta has censored conservatives.

L. Brent Bozell III

President Donald Trump’s inauguration is just around the corner. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg donated $1 million to the inauguration fund. Jeff Bezos and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman did the same. Zuckerberg, however, has gone further, actually announcing real policy change that the incoming Trump administration will approve of.

Many conservatives are dismissive of Zuckerberg’s announcement that Meta will no longer censor political speech, mute conversations about hot-button social issues, and discontinue its egregious “fact-checking” program. They ought not to be. I believe the change is real and the motivation genuine.

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