Trump administration moves to deny visas to factcheckers and content moderators | Trump administration | The Guardian

They must scrutinize for evidence an applicant's work history, including going through their LinkedIn profiles and other social media accounts, and looking for mentions in media articles of "activities including combatting misinformation, disinformation or false narratives, content moderation, compliance, and trust and safety"…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/trump-administration-us-visa-crackdown 

 

Meta apologises over flood of gore, violence and dead bodies on Instagram

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has apologised after Instagram users were subjected to a flood of violence, gore, animal abuse and dead bodies on their Reels feeds...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/28/meta-apologises-over-flood-of-gore-violence-and-dead-bodies-on-instagram

 

Facebook Boosts Viral Content as It Drops Fact-Checking — ProPublica

Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it's revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of false posts the company once policed...

https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-meta-abandons-fact-checking-boosts-viral-content

 

John Oliver on Facebook: ‘An absolute sewer of hatred and misinformation’ | John Oliver | The Guardian

The Last Week Tonight host looked at content moderation and how Mark Zuckerberg has bent to Trump's will…

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/feb/24/john-oliver-facebook-content-moderation 

 

Twitter stops enforcing Covid-19 misinformation policy - POLITICO

Several top executives overseeing content moderation policies and enforcement, including Twitter's former head of Trust and Safety, Yoel Roth, have left the company...

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/29/twitter-stops-enforcing-covid-19-misinformation-policy-00071110