Meta to move content moderators to Texas

The fallout of Meta’s content moderation overhaul
Meta overhauled its approach to US moderation on Tuesday, ditching fact-checking, announcing a plan to move its trust and safety teams, and perhaps most impactfully, updating its Hateful Conduct policy. As reported by Wired, a lot of text has been updated, added, or removed, but here are some of the changes that jumped out at us.
Meta’s content moderation teams moving from California to Texas after scrapping fact checking system
Meta is eliminating fact-checkers in a move founder Mark Zuckerberg said will make free speech a priority on its social media platforms — including Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp — and align the multinational tech giant with a political tilt to the right with the recent election of Donald Trump.
Meta to move content moderators to Texas as part of move to end fact-checking program
The tech giant’s decision to end the program comes as CEO Mark Zuckerberg seeks to mend ties with the incoming Trump administration.
Is California too liberal to moderate Facebook? Meta moves moderation team to Texas
Good morning and welcome to the A.M. Alert! META SHUTS DOWN ITS FACT-CHECKING, WILL MOVE ITS MODERATION TEAM OUT OF CALIFORNIA Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will no longer fact check posts on its platforms,
Zuckerberg says he’s moving Meta moderators to Texas because California seems too ‘biased’
As we work to promote free expression, I think that it will help us build trust to do this work in places where there’s less concern about the bias of our teams,’ according to the Meta CEO.
Meta ending fact-checking program: Zuckerberg
Social media giant Meta announced a series of changes to its content moderation policies Tuesday, including the elimination of its fact-checking program, in what CEO Mark Zuckerberg said was an effort to embrace free speech.

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Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is moving moderators from California to Texas to combat concerns about bias and censorship
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Instagram, Facebook parent Meta moving division to Texas in pivot toward ‘free expression’
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Meta is getting rid of fact checkers. Zuckerberg acknowledged more harmful content will appear on the platforms now
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