Lionel Bonaventure - AFP / Getty ImagesPremium A Look Back at Facebook's Censorship Era The era of fact-checking is quickly coming to an end on Meta's platforms, but it's unclear if it's gone for good. By C. Douglas Golden January 23, 2025
Anna Barclay/ Getty ImagesOp-Ed The Origins and Evolution of Free Speech: Meta's Shift and the Future of Digital Expression "Zuckerberg's announcement is a sign that the tide may be turning in favor of free speech, but the battle is far from over." By Phil Hotsenpiller January 21, 2025
Jim Watson - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary Trump Gets Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Tim Cook to Attend Church with Him President Donald Trump was accompanied by business magnates and foreign leaders at a prayer service on inauguration day. By Ben Zeisloft January 21, 2025
@goddeketal / X screen shotCommentary Literally Painful to Watch: 60 Seconds Where Zuckerberg Tries to Convince Rogan He's a Hunter but Is Completely Clueless Mark Zuckerberg tried to talk bow hunting with Joe Rogan on his podcast but couldn't answer some basic questions. By Samuel Short January 19, 2025
ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty ImagesCommentary Bernie Sanders Gets Agitated When Treasury Nominee Scott Bessent Dismantles His 'Oligarchs' Question Sen. Bernie Sanders questioned Treasury nominee Scott Bessent about oligarchy, but has no problem with oligarchs when they are Democrats. By C. Douglas Golden January 17, 2025
Chip Somodevilla / Getty ImagesCommentary Tired of Winning? Not Enough Space to Accommodate All of Trump's $1 Million Inauguration Donors Some deep-pocketed donors undoubtedly seek access to power, but for the rest of us Trump's inauguration will feel historic and cathartic. By Michael Schwarz January 14, 2025
Smith Collection / Gado via Getty ImagesCommentary Trans Workers at Facebook Face Nasty Surprise Visiting the Bathroom Under Zuckerberg's New Policy: Report The CEO of Facebook's parent company has announced sweeping changes for some of the world's largest social media platforms. By Joe Saunders January 11, 2025
PowerfulJRE / YouTube screen shot Mark Zuckerberg Reveals Extreme Tactics Biden Admin Used to Censor Facebook Included Screaming and Cursing Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan that Biden administration officials pushed his company to censor content regarding COVID-19. By Randy DeSoto January 10, 2025
Ezra Acayan / Getty ImagesCommentary The True Test for Meta: Unjustly Suspended Facebook Accounts Fire Back Meta's crackdown on free speech hasn't just been at the hands of fact checkers, and these pro-lifers were victims of the process. By C. Douglas Golden January 10, 2025
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds - AFP Getty ImagesCommentary Fact-Checkers Freak Out, Call 'Emergency' Meetings After Zuckerberg Pulls the Money Members of the International Fact-Checking Network hosted an emergency meeting after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled free speech policies. By Ben Zeisloft January 9, 2025