Facebook Dumping Fact-Checking Promotes Trump Lies and Disinformation

Interview with Ahmed Baba, a journalist and columnist at The Independent, conducted by Scott Harris.

Ahmed Baba talks about his recent article, “How Zuckerberg’s Meta Policy Changes Empower Trump’s Disinfo Machine,” re: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that Facebook will abandon professional third-party content moderation and fact-checking in favor of the user-generated “Community Notes” model Elon Musk uses.