Did you know Meta Executives Reassure Advertisers About Changes Made Related to Free Speech

 

Meta’s decision to adopt Community Notes and bid farewell to third-party fact-checkers did meet with a lot of criticism. At the same time, advertisers were skeptical about how such a move could give rise to a spread of dangerous content online.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum recently, Meta’s head of the global business group explained how the firm was in contact with advertisers after Zuckerberg’s sudden or abrupt change. He also shared how users would take part in community notes and they would have the chance to see more political content on the newsfeed. This would mean no more third-party fact checkers would come into play.

Advertisers would certainly be worried about how a rise in misinformation and harmful content could put the app at risk. But the recent series of meetings by executives are designed to reassure advertisers about the commitments Meta has with them.

Mark Zuckerberg published a video during the month’s start speaking about the changes he hoped to make on Meta for better content moderation. This would be in line with the company’s latest free speech drive. The Facebook owner put serious blame on current systems in use today that entailed too much censorship.

He similarly shared how it was high time Meta got back to its roots related to freedom of expression. We’ve similarly seen the firm get rid of restrictions on certain categories like gender and immigration. This means users get the chance to publish on this topic without fear of hate speech.

The recent changes will still give many advertisers regulation over where the ads are placed. For instance, if there’s a migrant issue in discussion then the advertiser can choose to remove the ad near that sensitive topic. The same goes for political issues and other controversial matters that divide users.