Mark Zuckerberg Shocks With Censorship Admission, Trump Pledge

Social media giant Meta shocked the tech industry Tuesday by announcing the company will be taking steps to "restore free expression" on its social media platforms, including Facebook. "After Trump first got elected in 2016, the legacy media wrote nonstop about how misinformation was a threat to democracy," Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a video statement, claiming his company tried to address these concerns without becoming "the arbiters of truth." He continued, "But the fact-checkers have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they've created, especially in the U.S." As CBN News reported, Meta has thus decided to phase out fact-checkers and opt to use "more comprehensive community notes," a system similar to what Elon Musk has implemented on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Jacob Huebert, president of Liberty Justice Center, a law firm that protects First Amendment rights, told CBN News he believes these sweeping changes follow a broad shift in politics and culture. "It seems like we're coming to the end of an era here as the Biden administration comes to a close," he said. "The Biden administration — and even a little bit before that — was a period marked by heavy-handed governmental efforts to censor content on social media and social media companies being very compliant with the government when it pressured them to censor people on various topics." Huebert cited the suppression of stories surrounding Hunter Biden's laptop and social media chatter about COVID-19 and other pandemic-related responses as evidence of rampant censorship. He said the Biden administration pressured Facebook and other companies to "censor content that went against the government's narrative." Zuckerberg's statement made it clear he believes his platforms have indeed participated in too much censorship, that he wants to right the ship, and that he plans to work with incoming President Donald Trump to crack down on free speech restrictions aimed by foreign governments at American companies. Watch Huebert explain. Want more news from a Christian Perspective? Choose to support CBN: https://go.cbn.com/ugWBn CBN News. Because Truth Matters™ Download the free CBN News App: http://cbnnews.com/app SUBSCRIBE to the CBN News Channel for more: http://youtube.com/c/CBNnewsonline/?sub_confirmation=1 SUBSCRIBE to the QuickStart Newsletter by visiting quickstart.news SUBSCRIBE to the Quickstart Podcast. New episodes every morning at 7am: cbn.com/cbnnews/quickstart What's coming up next? Have a look at our program guide: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cbn.com%2Fcbnnews%2Fnewschann&redir_token=3Xja-7LE5ZQebEu1fn-B5ib34tN8MTU3OTg4MjMzMkAxNTc5Nzk1OTMy&v=P0mHVeNNfDw&event=video_description CBN features 24-hour TV news from a Christian perspective. The CBN News Channel provides independent news programming to an underserved audience to enlighten, entertain and inspire Christians around the world. Comments below do not necessarily reflect the views of CBN. Share this live feed with your friends and family: https://www.youtube.com/c/CBNnewsonline Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cbnnews/ Like us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CBNNews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbnnews/ Contact News Editors: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cbn.com%2Fcontact%2Fcontact-&redir_token=3Xja-7LE5ZQebEu1fn-B5ib34tN8MTU3OTg4MjMzMkAxNTc5Nzk1OTMy&v=P0mHVeNNfDw&event=video_description Questions about other CBN programs: Visit WatchCBNNews.com or call (888) 700-7000. Questions about supporting CBN News? Visit JoinCBNNews.com or call (888) 700-7000 for more information. Questions about Helping the Home Front? Call: 800-700-7000 https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cbn.com%2F700club%2Fhelping-&redir_token=3Xja-7LE5ZQebEu1fn-B5ib34tN8MTU3OTg4MjMzMkAxNTc5Nzk1OTMy&v=P0mHVeNNfDw&event=video_description #breakingnews #politicalnews #christiannews #christian #christianity #church #breakingnews #cbnnews