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Meta drops fact-checking and loosens its content moderation rules | TechCrunch

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Summary
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75% Informative

The parent of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp announced major overhaul in how it’s handling content moderation on its site.

New chief global affairs officer Joel Kaplan outlined changes in three key areas.

Meta had put a lot of its guardrails in place in the wake of criticism of how it helped spread election misinformation, bad advice on Covid-19, and other controversies.

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70

Informative language

65

Neutral language

49

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

54

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

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short-lived

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