Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is planning to replace its third-party fact-checking system with a new community notes model aimed at promoting 'free expression.' Announced on January 7, this shift is intended to allow users more personal control over political content while lifting restrictions on mainstream discourse topics, focusing only on illegal and high-severity violations. Meta acknowledges that its previous content management systems were overly complex and influenced by societal pressures to moderate content. Instead, the company looks to empower its community, similar to the approach taken by rival platform X, where users help identify misleading posts. Elon Musk supports these changes, suggesting they align with free speech principles. However, entrepreneur Mark Cuban criticizes Meta's motives, suggesting a potential strategy to curry favor with President-elect Donald Trump, who champions free speech, and hinting at possible uses of unrestricted content in Meta's AI initiatives.

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