Former NFL reporter Michele Tafoya criticized Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday after the company announced that the company would be eliminating Facebook's fact-checking program.
Zuckerberg said in the video that third-party fact-checking systems will be replaced with community notes similar to X.
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg once claimed that Facebook had suppressed 18 million posts containing “misinformation” about the coronavirus. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The company's system was introduced after the 2016 election and was used to “moderate content” and manage misinformation on the platform, executives said, largely due to “political pressure.” He admitted the system had gone “too far.” Political bias by fact checkers appears to be one of the main problems.
Tafoya appeared on OutKick's “Don't @ Me with Dan Dakich” and spoke about Zuckerberg's decision. Dakich asked her what gave Zuckerberg the right to change direction now.
“Absolutely nothing. This isn't just about Facebook. I had Canadian professor Gad Saad as a guest on my podcast yesterday, and there's so much going on under Justin Trudeau. and it was very similar to that,” Tafoya said. . “People are completely excluded from their professions. We're talking doctors, researchers, professors, medical professionals because they said something cute that someone found offensive. .”
Then-NBC Sports commentator Michelle Tafoya after the New Orleans Saints vs. Buffalo Bills game at Caesars Superdome. (Chuck Cook-USA Today Sports)
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“This suppression of human thought, this suppression of human opinion, is completely against America and free speech. People don't see it happening, or they just accept it. should be a huge red light flashing.
“Mark Zuckerberg knows what he did was wrong, and now he's trying to fix it. And if we can say, 'Oh, great, we fixed it, Mark.' That’s fine.”
Joel Kaplan, Meta's chief international affairs officer, told Fox News Digital earlier Tuesday that using Community Notes is a better option.
“Rather than relying on so-called experts, we instead rely on communities and people on our platforms to provide their own commentary on what they read,” Kaplan explained, adding that the memo is “the most You can attach a note to your content for other people to see.
Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify at a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation in Washington, DC, on January 31, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
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“We think that's a much better approach than relying on so-called experts who bring their own biases to the program,” Kaplan said.
FOX News' Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
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