Zuckerberg’s Gamble: Meta Ditches Fact-Checkers for Free Speech Chaos

He talks of freedom like a man who’s found the key to a lock, but the door behind it leads to a place where no one knows what’s inside. He speaks of shedding the weight of fact-checkers, of giving the crowd more power, their voices rising over the noise. The checks that once stood like guards at the gate now lie scattered, abandoned.

He moves the operation to Texas, as if geography alone can silence the claims of bias, as if distance could erase the weight of years spent steering the ship through calmer waters. He calls it a return to freedom. The sort of freedom that lets the darkness creep in while claiming it’s all for the light. No more restrictions on immigration or gender, no more boundaries on speech. A wide-open field where every opinion, no matter how jagged or foul, finds a place to stand.

And Trump, that shadow in the corner, nods from his seat. They’ll work together, Zuckerberg promises, like old partners in crime, pushing back against governments, against laws that want to muzzle the roar. It’s a battle cry against censorship, but in the quiet that follows, you can hear the rustle of something darker. Less moderation means more mess. More lies, more hate, more of everything that once kept the system from breaking.

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