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Meta's Safety Advisory Council Says It's Prioritizing Politics Over Safety
Dropping fact-checkers for community notes shifts an 'unreasonable burden onto users' and 'disproportionately impacts those most vulnerable to long-term, cumulative harm.'
But the CEO did make several politically charged statements on the three-hour show, comparing censorship of the company’s platform by the previous Biden administration to 1984, a classic book about a man living in an authoritarian regime. The council recommended several measures to Meta, including strengthening relations with “youth-serving organizations, mental health services, helplines, 'trusted flaggers” and other third parties that provide “critical independent infrastructure.” Before joining PCMag in 2024, I picked up bylines in BBC News, The Guardian, The Times of London, The Daily Beast, Vice, Slate, Fast Company, The Evening Standard, The i, TechRadar, and Decrypt Media.
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