Barbara Ortutay is a technology writer at the Associated Press. She focuses on the intersection of social media, business, and technology, exploring themes such as artificial intelligence, legal affairs, and consumer tech. Barbara's work has been featured in numerous outlets, including The Washington Post, USA TODAY, and PBS.
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By: Barbara Ortutay, Nicholas Riccardi, Kelvin Chan
Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced changes to content moderation on Facebook and Instagram long sought by conservatives. Incoming President Donald Trump said the new approach was "probably" because of threats he made against the technology mogul.
By: Barbara Ortutay, Kelvin Chan
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta says it's scrapping its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with “community notes” written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk's social platform X
By: Barbara Ortutay
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By: Barbara Ortutay
It wasn't just fact-checking that Meta scrapped from its platforms as it prepares for the second Trump administration.
By: Barbara Ortutay
It wasn't just fact-checking that Meta scrapped from its platforms as it prepares for the second Trump administration.
By: Barbara Ortutay
It wasn't just fact-checking that Meta scrapped from its platforms as it prepares for the second Trump administration.
It wasn't just fact-checking that Meta scrapped from its platforms as it prepares for the second Trump administration.
By: Barbara Ortutay
The changes are worrying advocates of vulnerable groups. (CNN, FACEBOOK, MARK ZUCKERBERG, GETTY IMAGES, FOX NEWS, META, KPIX, STRINGR, Facebook/Mark Zuckerberg)
By: Barbara Ortutay
The social media giant has loosened its rules around hate speech and abuse specifically when it comes to sexual orientation and gender identity as well as immigration status.
By: Barbara Ortutay
"We do allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality and common non-serious usage of words like 'weird.'" In other words, it is now permitted to call gay people mentally ill on Facebook, Threads and Instagram. Other slurs and what Meta calls "harmful stereotypes historically linked to intimidation" — such as Blackface and Holocaust denial — are still prohibited.
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