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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the move will allow the company to simplify its policies and restore "free expression on our platforms.”

Earlier today, Meta announced that it plans to “restore free speech” on its platforms by gutting independent fact checkers, who have been responsible for moderating content and reviewing misinformation, and replacing them with an X-style community notes model, where users provide additional context on misleading posts. The social media giant is also leaning on AI to provide a “second opinion” on its decisions regarding removing and restoring content.

This comes just days after Meta faced backlash for AI-generated accounts on Instagram and Facebook that were sloppy and lied to human users (It quickly took down the AI profiles). The company has also started showing users AI-generated versions of themselves in different scenarios,

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