Less fact-checking = more disinformation and propaganda = more anger = more “engagement” = more money. Turn everything into crap for one more dollar.
Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a 'community notes' system similar to X
Submitted 1 month ago by CPMSP@midwest.social to technology@beehaw.org
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Cybrpwca@beehaw.org 1 month ago
remington@beehaw.org 1 month ago
Enshittification
Cybrpwca@beehaw.org 1 month ago
And Rot Economy. Between Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron I think they’ve got it right.
remington@beehaw.org 1 month ago
There is a ton of news coverage on this. Here’s an Axios article with a decent summary.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Yeah cause X is such a wholesome and honest environment lmao.
Dude just wants to push more zionist propaganda without independent fact checkers.
UngodlyAudrey@beehaw.org 1 month ago
this isn’t just dropping fact-checking. per the article:
This is full bore capitulation to fascism, as capital will always do. soon, zuckerberg’s social media sites will be indistinguishable from musk’s x. everybody needs to defederate from threads if they haven’t already.