“As we work to promote free expression, I think it will help build trust to do this work in places where there is less concern about the bias of our teams,” he explained.
The Facebook founder also criticized past pressures from the U.S. government to censor content.
Specifically, he pointed to the White House’s demands during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying such actions undermined trust in social media platforms.
“The only way that we can push back on this global trend is with the support of the U.S. government,” Zuckerberg said, referencing efforts to combat global censorship trends.
A New Approach to Content Moderation
Meta’s revamped content moderation strategy involves abandoning traditional algorithms and fact-checkers in favor of a “community notes” system, similar to the one used on X (formerly Twitter).
“The fact-checkers have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they have created, especially in the U.S.,” Zuckerberg said.
