Speaking of the First Amendment: Jonathan Turley on Zuckerberg’s About-Face on Speech

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Mark Zuckerberg, Meta's CEO, announced the company will adopt X standards that reduce the number and grounds on restrictions on speakers and their speech. This new policy will be in effect across Facebook, Instagram, and Meta platforms. Meta will also end its third-party fact-checking program to focus more intently on removing content that is criminal or fraudulent.
 
Jonathan Turley, George Washington University law professor and author of The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage, writes in RealClearPolitics:
 
“Around the world, free speech is in a free fall. Speech crimes and censorship have become the norm in the West. A new industry of ‘disinformation’ experts has commoditized censorship, making millions in the targeting and silencing of others. An anti-free speech culture has taken root in government, higher education, and the media … 
 
“For the free speech community, it [Zuckerberg’s announcement] was like the United States entering World War II to support Great Britain. Where [Elon] Musk stopped the progress of the global anti-free speech movement, Zuckerberg could actually help us regain ground around the world.”

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