Meta Content Moderator Jobs Slashed as 2,000 Laid Off in Spain
The cuts follow Meta’s retreat from outsourced content policing.
The cuts follow Meta’s retreat from outsourced content policing.

While Mark Zuckerberg dismantles fact-checking on his platforms, the European Commission continues to enforce norms that penalize dissenting opinions.

Critics question whether the sudden policy shift is sincere or a ploy to mend ties with the incoming U.S. president.

The move makes little difference in the EU, where the publications are already banned.

The EU has sent its top gun in the form of Commission official Thierry Breton to prepare Twitter and Facebook for new hate speech regulations.

The company has three months to comply, but Meta has announced its intention to appeal both on the merits and the fines. In its defence, Zuckerberg’s company argues that there is not enough “regulatory certainty” about data protection.