How to politicize the truth on Facebook, Instagram, and Wikipedia
Briefly

Mark Zuckerberg's recent decisions to dismantle Meta's US fact-checking operation and relocate content moderation to Texas signal a shift towards a conservative political stance. He argues that fact-checkers exhibit bias, instead advocating for a reliance on user-generated notes akin to Twitter's approach.
Meta's restructuring choices reflect a broader strategy to politicize truth through controlling information sources. This aligns with external efforts by ultra-conservative groups like the Heritage Foundation, who are targeting Wikipedia's volunteer editors to influence content accuracy, which they perceive as biased.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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