Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> is ushering in a ‘world without facts’, says <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Nobel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nobel</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/peaceprize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peaceprize</span></a> winner<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MariaRessa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MariaRessa</span></a> warns of ‘dangerous times’ for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> after move to end <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/factchecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>factchecking</span></a><br>The American-Filipino journalist said Mark <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a>’s move to relax content <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moderation</span></a> on the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> platforms would lead to a “world without facts” and that was “a world that’s right for a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictator</span></a>”. “Mark Zuckerberg says it’s a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a> issue – that’s completely wrong”<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/08/facebook-end-factchecking-nobel-peace-prize-winner-maria-ressa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/jan</span><span class="invisible">/08/facebook-end-factchecking-nobel-peace-prize-winner-maria-ressa</span></a></p>