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Meta is joining X and YouTube in shifting moderation to users. Are you ready?

Meta’s chief executive has stepped away from his mea culpa approach to issues on his platforms and has told people that he wants to return to his original thinking on free speech.

Meta’s chief executive has stepped away from his mea culpa approach to issues on his platforms and has told people that he wants to return to his original thinking on free speech.

Even before the start of the new administration, there has been repeated blurring of lines between the federal government efforts and Trump family businesses.

The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact-checkers on Facebook, Threads and Instagram and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. It is likely to please President-elect Trump and his allies.

Fact-checking groups that worked with Meta said they had no role in deciding what the company did with the content that was fact-checked.

The lawsuit, an unusual strategy for the oil giant, comes after California’s attorney general sued Exxon last year alleging it misled the public about plastics recycling.

The longtime Republican lobbyist for Meta was named to the company’s top policy role last week.

The agreement ends litigation between the two companies over plans for a sports streaming service, but consumer advocates are pushing back.

The show on Sunday averaged 9.3 million viewers, down from 9.4 million the year before.