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This is a case of kissing the ring,
said tech analyst Carolina Milanesi The bottom line is: we take misinformation seriously,
Zuckerberg wrote at the time Remember that a few years ago, [the social media platforms] all kicked President Trump off the platform. Now, they’re all going to Mar-a-Lago to visit with him because they know like this Trump administration is pro-First Amendment, and pro-free speech, and so it’s a dramatic change,
Our government works best when the life experiences of the American people are represented,
Pettersen said in a statement Would all this be happening if Trump didn’t get elected? Nobody knows,
We’re looking forward, not backward,
said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries Senior leadership of McConnell’s personal office will remain: Chief of Staff Terry Carmack, Communications Director Robert Steurer, Press Secretary Stephanie Penn, Speechwriter Sophia Slacik, and Legislative Assistants Andrew Fisher, Dominic Travis, Richard St. Onge, and Will Clark.”
There's potentially a bit of billionaire jealousy,
said Andrew Selepak, media professor at the University of Florida I t feels like we’re in a new era now,
said Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, as he announced sweeping changes to the firm’s social-media platforms in a video on January 7th There is probably a desire, perhaps wrongly, not to attack Trump and Musk head-on, for fear of the reactions,
said Alexandre de Streel, an expert at the Center on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) think tank Either the European Commission applies with the greatest firmness the laws that we have given ourselves to protect our public space, or it does not do so and then it will have to agree to give back the capacity to do so to the EU member states,
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said It's clear that if von der Leyen's commission were to open proceedings against Musk, it would add more than just fuel to the fire,
said Umberto Gambini, of European affairs consultancy Forward Global Promoting the truth is not censorship, democratic regulation is not an illegitimate obstacle,
agreed Thibaut Bruttin, director general of Reporters Without Borders Oh, so we're just done with fact-checking? That's pretty rich coming from Mark Zuckerberg, the man who likes dropping puppies off of bridges and who has been banned from all Taco Bell franchises."
One user, @erich.withanh wrote on Threads Meta/Facebook is now reversing its assault on free speech. They are no longer under the control of the radical left. This is another win for common sense."
User @deantwanfitts wrote I've seen how this can strain relationships, with patients feeling distant from friends or family because of disagreements fueled by what they see online. Without tools like fact-checking to help filter out false information, these divides can grow even wider,
Dr. Ignatov told Newsweek When people are exposed to conflicting information and exaggerated stories, it's easy to feel confused and unsure about what's true,
Our journalists will continue to provide nonpartisan coverage of false and misleading political claims, helping you to sort fact from fiction, just as we have done for more than 20 years."
Without proper checks, people may be misled into believing harmful ideas or taking actions that hurt their physical or mental health. I've seen how misinformation can lead people to avoid medical treatments because they trusted false claims they saw online,
We have in many ways an economy that's the envy of the world and people come here to start businesses because they don't have to be aligned with the governing regime like they do in the rest of the world,
