Facts all come with points of view – facts don’t do what I want them to”, sang Talking Heads’ David Byrne, satirically, and now Mark Zuckerberg has reached the same conclusion.

Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg announced new rules surrounding content moderation and censorship on Facebook and Instagram. After years of strict "trust and safety" policies, Zuckerberg says, "we've reached a point where it's just too many mistakes and too much censorship.

A new era is dawning at Meta. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday that third-party fact-checking organizations would no longer have the power to suppress disfavored speech on Facebook—a major, positive step toward restoring free expression and robust debate on the platform.

The social media giant is loosening its free speech restrictions as CEO Mark Zuckerberg courts the incoming Trump administration.