This podcast explores Meta's major reversal of its content moderation policies. It outlines the journey of Facebook's approach to content moderation, starting from its initial hesitance to go beyond legal requirements to the implementation of a complex, billion-dollar system that relies on a combination of human moderators and automated tools, including fact-checking. This shift was driven by several factors, such as political pressures and Mark Zuckerberg's dissatisfaction with the system's complexity and perceived biases. Now, Meta is scaling back on fact-checking, streamlining content policies, and emphasizing free expression, while still enforcing rules against illegal content like terrorism. This transition underscores the ongoing challenges and changing strategies surrounding content moderation on major online platforms.
