Is fact-checking "censorship?" Why Meta's changes are a win for conservatives.

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🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta will end their third-party fact checking program, loosen their hate speech restrictions, and move some of the company to Texas. What's all of that signal about what we will see on social platforms in the coming months and years?

Brittany Luse is joined by NPR reporter Huo Jingnan and Washington Post tech reporter Naomi Nix to break down Meta's tangled relationship to misinformation and how these changes will impact users.

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0:00.0	This message comes from the Boston Globe's chart-topping podcast Love Letters. In this season, host and advice columnist Meredith Goldstein explores a big question. Can people change? And if so, how? Follow love letters from the Boston Globe wherever you get your podcasts.
0:18.4	Hello, hello. I'm Brittany Luce, and you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR, a show about what's going on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident.
0:35.7	All right, here we go.
0:38.3	This week, we're connecting the dots between alleged bullying, fact-checking, and Russian election interference.
0:45.3	I know, I know, how are all these things connected?
0:48.7	Well, we're going to find out with NPR's Huo Jingnan and the Washington Post tech reporter Naomi Nix.
0:55.1	Jingnan, Naomi, welcome to it's been a minute.
0:57.4	Hello.
0:58.0	Hi.
0:58.8	What is your favorite dearly departed app?
1:01.4	I got to say for me, my top two, probably Vine in the Kim Kardashian Hollywood game.
1:07.3	I think I kind of miss the camaraderie when like Clubhouse got really popular like during the
1:13.7	pandemic. Yeah, there was a sort of like community and camaraderie of that moment that I miss.
1:21.2	Yeah, it still exists, but it's not anywhere near as engaging as it used to be. I think I missed a time
1:26.5	when I don't have to look at apps.
1:29.5	Here's the thing.
1:30.7	We do not know the fate of one of this country's most used apps.
1:35.2	TikTok.
1:36.0	Will Trump be able to save the app?
1:38.1	Or will it shut down because of a law passed last year?
1:42.0	Time will tell.
1:43.1	But here's something we do know. The social media landscape
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