Donald Trump says Meta has “come a long way” after the company announced it will end its fact-checking program, and that Meta's “presentation was excellent”
www.techpolicy.press/transcript- m... @futbolsound : The swagger of a dictator in full view. The media will play into it, he'll continue to be insufferable, and the billionaires will continue to grovel, but the people who will suffer the most are voters. — Banana Republic territory even before inauguration. Don Moynihan / @donmoyn : Trump's greatest skill is debasing everyone who serves him. While Zuckerberg tried to dignify his actions in the language of free speech, Trump says he is acting out of fear of reprisal. [embedded post] Talib Kweli / @talibkweli : I've never seen a knee so bent [embedded post] Sam Biddle / @sambiddle.com : The significance of the Meta fact checking thing isn't as much the substance of the announcement—little evidence “fact checking” really accomplished anything in the first place—but rather the company's overt effort to placate the American political right [embedded post] See also Mediagazer