Experts told Sky News that social media and their users are risking a lines of political lines in light of Donald Trump’s victory in the elections.
They added that some of the world’s largest social media platforms fell behind the new US government after November’s electoral victory.
X’s Elon Musk Mr. Trump’s support in the elections And he has since then He took a federal advisory role.
The head of Meta Mark Zuckerberg recently announced Comprehensive repair in moderate contentRemoving a third -party fact auditor in the United States and bringing society’s notes.
This step was a “performance option” to align the new administration, according to Nina Yancotch, the former head of the Assault Council of the US Department of Internal Security.
As a result, social media created, in addition to newer platforms such as Bluesky and Mastodon, risked the fragmentation of political lines where users are more divided to participate with the content they love, Melissa Ingle, who worked in political misinformation on Twitter before seizing Mr. Musk, said Sky. News.
Donald Trump, CEO of Tesla and Malik X Elon Musk at a gathering on January 19. Pre -approval: Reuters
Mrs. Angel said that the effect of this may be an intense “atom” for social media users over the coming years to different silos, as people with different beliefs think and migrate to different sites, and include current divisions and polarization.
The researchers raised concerns about Sky News about the effects that this might have – via the Internet and beyond.
Meta “can maintain facts”
Meta said that the removal of facts on the third party was an attempt to reform a very complex system and improve freedom of expression on the platform.
Mr. Zuckerberg referred to the “recent elections” when announcing his decision and speaking before his inauguration, NBC News stated that Mr. Trump said that the move “perhaps” in response to the threats he made in the past.
But Mrs. Yankovic said that the option she faced was dead was never “either/or equivalent.
She said, “Zuckerberg could have retained the facts of the third party to inform the moderate content and make societal notes to suppress Trump’s concerns and the world’s holdings.”
Mrs. Angel indicated that removing misleading information, bias and wrong information was a completely unrealistic goal, instead, these platforms should use a set of tools to better help users – a feeling that others repeat.
“Just because it is [third-party fact-checking] Mrs. England said:
Moderation, in its current form, came largely after the 2016 US elections, and the sites have taken steps to protect their environmental information systems.
Angie Dropnik Hollan, director of the International Facts Examination Network, said that the latest step from “Meta” will hurt “hurt” those looking to avoid misinformation.
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“Rest to the President”
Mr. Zuckerberg and Mr. Musk were in the inauguration of Mr. Trump, as the latter gave a speech after that.
In light of Mr. Musk’s support for Mr. Trump, Ms. “said,” To become [like] The media sponsored by the state, it risk being an explicitly reinforced government. “
She added, “We never had the head of social media applications, and this is explicitly abandoning the president.”
In light of the last announcement issued by Mr. Zuckerberg, Ms. Jankowicz said: “We now have all the three American social media platforms in the hands of the few alignment.
“This type of monotheism usually occurs only in tyranny, which raises the issue of what the United States is on the first day of Trump’s second presidency.”
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X and Meta decisions come not only in light of the last US elections, but after both clashed with foreign governments in recent years.
It was dead It struck a fine of 1.2 billion euros (1 billion pounds) by the European UnionMr. Musk was General spit with BrazilAnd, which led to the prohibition of the platform until a fine of 28 million Red (3.8 million pounds).
In his video announcement, Mr. Zuckerberg talked about working with Mr. Trump “to retreat governments around the world” – which provides more reference to what social media may be under the administration of the new United States.
Quoting the battle as one of the censorship, it can put the field of play for the coming years as American social media companies are in line with Mr. Trump, and it seems that they hope to reap the benefits in return.
It may actually happen. In a letter in Davos, Mr. Trump complained about the treatment of American companies In the European Union, adding: “No one is happy with it and we will do something about it.”
“Good, bad and ugly”
By announcing its removal of the facts of the facts by a third party, Meta said that its current systems have grown very complicated and wanted to allow more words with a focus on implementation on illegal and “highly popular” violations.
He added, while “goodness, bad and ugly” can all be shown on a platform, it was important to maintain freedom of expression.
After the transfer of 2021 to reduce the amount of “civil content” that users can see – such as political news – the platform said it reflects this decision.
Meta added: “A lot of harmful content is controlled, and many people find themselves wrongly detained in” Facebook Prison “, and we are often very slow to respond when they do it.”
X was contacted to comment.