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Meta employees criticize company's new speech policy, board additions
Meta employees internally criticized the company's decision to end third-party fact-checking two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.
One worker wrote they were "extremely concerned" about the decision, saying it appears Meta is "sending a bigger, stronger message to people that facts no longer matter, and conflating that with a victory for free speech." Another employee commented that the company should "provide an accounting of the worst outcomes of the early years" that necessitated the creation of a third-party fact-checking program and whether the new policies would prevent the same type of fallout from happening again. Dana White, CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship gestures as he speaks during a rally for Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden, in New York, U.S., Oct. 27, 2024.
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