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President Joe Biden criticized Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to replace factchecking with community-moderated notes, calling it “really shameful” and “contrary to American justice.”

Zuckerberg defended the move, claiming factchecking undermined public trust and stating the company aims to prioritize free speech.

The decision follows Meta’s rollback of diversity and inclusion programs amid legal and political shifts.

Biden, in his final press call as president, emphasized the importance of countering misinformation, labeling Meta’s approach irresponsible and harmful to truth and public discourse.

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      1 hour ago

      Biden should be impeached and in jail himself for numerous violations related to shipping weappons to genociders. But we arent a country of laws anymore, so I guess geriatric virtue signalling via finger wagging is fine. Whats it even matter anymore.

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      True. The most effective means of governing is by executive orders, issued weeks before leaving office, that can be immediately overturned by the incoming president.

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    10 hours ago

    Why not smash through insanely overpowered executive orders if only to clog up the Supreme Court?

    Why don’t they try? Ever? Anything?

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    14 hours ago

    Tiktok gets banned for showing pro-Palestine content. Facebook gets an aww shucks for spreading endless misinformation

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      11 hours ago

      He’s known for his fiery rhetoric, especially slamming and blasting his enemies. CNN said so.

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    13 hours ago

    You are the one that control what they are allowed to do.

    Lmao Dems are beyond useless.

    Kill the Democratic party, they have no chance of doing the right thing

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    When the president calls a mega corporation’s action “shamefull” is this some kind of regulation? Is this some kind of penalty?

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        12 hours ago

        Better yet, spread horrid disinformation about your elected officials on social media.

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      21 hours ago

      It’s just virtue signaling. What he actually meant to do is send weapons to Israel but he got confused.

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        17 hours ago

        Hey non-voting lefties! Join us in appreciating the last time you’ll see a President say something that’s not only factually correct, but is in line with your personal beliefs!

        Ahhhh. Nice, isn’t it?

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          If only Biden was president, and could order shooting neonazis about to take the reigns of power… via an official act that is legally protected?

          The whole “enemies, foreign and domestic” thing…

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          I’m with ya, but at this point it doesn’t really matter, and he’s still doing ICC shenanigans. Fuckem both i’m not american (and i vote in my elections).

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    Biden criticized Meta, the company known for imprisoning children to mine elements for their AI batteries, because they dropped fact checking?

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        Hey, we allow American children to work in mines, they love it! We’ve also found this neat method at our borders that if you separate families they get really desperate and stressed out. To the point they might just turn around and leave if we ever let them out of our camps.

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    21 hours ago

    it’s great to see biden’s doing pretty much all of the absolutely fucking nothing that i expected, before he politely and peacefully hands us all over to fascism.

    get fucked joe. the ineffectual finger-wagging and sternly worded bullshit response to the country collapsing around you is a big reason people can’t stand democrats

    edit: LOL that’s a perfect analogy-- biden’s response to everything = downvotes/mad face emoji 😡

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      Yeah he should make them censor stories line his son’s laptop story, that will save us from fascism!

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        You mean the story where Rudy Guiliani was duplicating, disseminating, and transporting across state lines, child pornography, and doing so knowingly for weeks before considering turning it over to law enforcement.

        Which he never turned over?

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      It is okay, now with Meta’s hands off approach we will finally be able to criticize Israel…oh wait apparently that is not what they meant.

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      Don’t you worry your lefty little head about that! Donald Trump is totally going to make you wish you had done the one measly little thing you could have the one time it mattered!

      But sure, get some good ol’ Genocide Joe-ing in while you can. Tell us all about it!

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    14 hours ago

    Facebook is contrary to American justice?

    First off: I think not. lol It’s MO is exactly the same. Rich people get to die anything they want and the poors can suck it.

    Secondly: what the hell does he think Facebook is, the right to assemble, a public space?

    Please don’t use the lie machine for lying, it’s just supposed to sell crap, not bull crap?