Mark Zuckerberg Says Bye to Fact-Checking on Meta: Blames Trump, Brexit, and a Pandemic Parade

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Mark Zuckerberg, Meta overlord and part-time hoodie enthusiast, has decided to call it quits on fact-checking across Facebook and Instagram. Yes, you heard that right. In an interview on Joe Rogan’s podcast (because where else would a tech billionaire make major announcements?), Zuck defended this eyebrow-raising move with the calmness of someone who definitely doesnโ€™t read the comments section.

Zuckโ€™s Version of โ€œOopsโ€
According to Zuckerberg, the whole fact-checking thing started thanks to two giant plot twists in the worldโ€™s reality show: Donald Trumpโ€™s election as U.S. president and the Brexit vote. Oh, and then the 2020 pandemic decided to show up, because why not?

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โ€œIโ€™ve been working on this for a long time,โ€ he said, which is tech-bro speak for โ€œPlease donโ€™t @ me; I tried, okay?โ€

When It All Went South
Apparently, the fact-checking frenzy began because of what Zuck describes as โ€œmassive institutional pressure.โ€ Translation: Everyone was yelling at him like he was the manager of Earthโ€™s customer service department.

Back in 2016, when Trump shocked the world by becoming president, Zuck says he bought into media chatter that misinformation was to blame. โ€œThereโ€™s no way this guy could have gotten elected except for fake news!โ€ some people cried. Zuckerberg, sipping his soy latte, probably thought, Yeah, maybe? and decided to play the hero.

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Cue the fact-checking machineโ€”a third-party system designed to sniff out hoaxes like โ€œthe Earth is flatโ€ or โ€œpineapple belongs on pizza.โ€ But things quickly spiraled out of control.

Fact-Checking: The Slippery Slope Edition
What started as a noble crusade against obvious nonsense somehow turned into a political mud-wrestling match. Zuck likened it to living in George Orwellโ€™s 1984, which might be the first time someone compared Facebook policies to dystopian literature and wasnโ€™t entirely wrong.

“It got to a point where this was destroying so much trust, especially in the U.S.,โ€ he admitted. You know itโ€™s bad when even Zuck is like, Yeah, we mightโ€™ve been doing the most.

Soโ€ฆ Whatโ€™s Next?
Instead of policing misinformation like a digital hall monitor, Meta will now embrace a โ€œcommunity notesโ€ approach, inspired by Elon Muskโ€™s Twitter, er, X. (Nothing says โ€œinnovativeโ€ like copying your rival’s homework.)

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Zuckerbergโ€™s logic? Let the internetโ€”famously known for its calm, reasonable discussionsโ€”decide whatโ€™s true. What could possibly go wrong?

Zuckโ€™s move is a bit like watching the captain of a ship throw away the navigation system and hand out compasses to the passengers. Buckle up, because itโ€™s going to be a bumpy ride in the Meta-verse.

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