A View from the Beach: Flotsam and Jetsam - Zuck Renounces Facebook Censorship

Charlie Martin at PJM, Meta Announces Reduced Censorship and Elimination of ‘Independent’ Fact Checkers as Too Biased. "Alternate headline: “Trump and Musk Win Again!”" Nick Ballasy at JTN, Meta to replace its fact-checking program with system like X’s community notes. "Meta CEO Marc Zuckerberg said the 2024 election was a “cultural tipping point.”" Matt Taibbi at Racket, On Mark Zuckerberg's Speech Announcement. "The Meta chief's surprising public address on free speech hints at a coming battle between the U.S. and the rest of the world." Sundance at CTH, calls it a Trump Effect – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Admits Platform Censorship Has Gone Too Far, Promises Fundamental Changes. At Ace's , Zuckerberg Announces "Drastic Reduction" in "Censorship;" Says "Fact-Checkers" are "Too Politically Biased," Says US Government "Has Pushed For Censorship", claims "Total vindication. You're going to see so much vindication you'll get tired of all the vindication." Jordan Schachtel at The Dossier, Zuck orchestrates hiring blitz to take Meta back from the woke mob. A firing blitz might work better. Breitbart, UFC Head, Trump Ally Dana White Joins Meta Board of Directors. Althouse finds "It’s time to get back to our roots around free expression... We're going to get rid of fact-checkers and replace them with community notes, similar to X, " "The fact-checkers have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they've created, especially in the U.S...."" and "This shows how Mark Zuckerberg is feeling that society is more accepting of those libertarian and right-leaning viewpoints that he’s always had. This is an evolved return to his political origins, " "Said Katie Harbath, "chief executive of Anchor Change, a tech consulting firm, who previously worked at Facebook"" "I'd like to think that the idea of freedom of speech won out in the marketplace of ideas, but I can understand how the speech controllers gravitate toward the idea that Zuckerberg was always a right-winger and he's just regressing after faking aspirations to higher values." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Dude. Babylon Bee, Guy Who Said Facebook Was Not Suppressing Free Speech Announces Facebook Will Stop Suppressing Free Speech.

John Sexton at Hat Hair hears Fact-Checkers Call an Emergency Meeting as Meta Cuts Their Funding. Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald ""The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) has convened an emergency meeting" - hilarious. It's long past time for the fraudulent, politicized self-anointed "disinformation" and "fact-checker" industry to come crashing down on its shattered foundations." At Fox, Internet roasts NYT headline about fact-checkers ruling Meta criticism of fact checks 'false:' 'Beyond parody.' "'They really wrote this and then published it,' senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute Chris Rufo marveled." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 01.07.25 Twitchy, Brian Stelter Claims Meta’s “MAGA Makeover” Will Lead To More Lies And Confusion and Louder With Crowder REEEEEEE! The insufferable CNN duo of Brian Stelter, Jim Acosta cry over Zuckerberg ending Meta’s censorship, Mark Zuckerberg makes MAJOR changes to Facebook, credits Trump’s reelection for bringing back free speech, American Greatness, Zuckerberg Announces META Will End Fact-Checking Program and Move to Community Notes Model to ‘Restore Free Expression’, The Federalist, We’re Still Waiting For Facebook To Atone For The 11 Times (We Know Of) It Censored The Federalist, and Mark Zuckerberg Just Admitted To The Big Tech-Government Censorship The Supreme Court Ignored. Matt Vespa at TownHall finds CNN's Media Reporter Did Not Just Tweet This About Facebook's Changes to 'Fact-Checking' Brian Stelter @brianstelter, "Big picture: Mark Zuckerberg just announced sweeping changes to the social internet, all in line with the desires of President Trump and Trump voters. Out with the fact-checkers that conservatives deride. In with more permissive rules for posting conservative opinions." VodkaPundit at Insty, MAYBE CNN DOESN’T WANT THE COMPETITION: Stephen L. Miller@redsteeze, "CNN is currently in court at this moment over defamation and lying." Ace, Leftwing Media and Censorship Complex Seethes Over Meta's Abandonment of Leftwing "Fact"-Checkers; "Fact"-Checkers Worry They Might Lose Their Funding and Their Jobs. "Brian Stelter, CNN's Chief Deplatforming Officer, who for years and years has made "combating misinformation" his main mission, calling up social media monopolies every time Media Matters ran a hit on a right-leaning speaker and demanding why are you allowing this Russian Disinformation on your platform!?!, is now shrieking that his censorious grift has taken a b ig hit."

My own interactions with Facebook have been calm, but then I never broach politics. However, my dear departed brother, Ted, quit Facebook in a huff when it started censoring his gun posts.

At the Other McCain, Vindicated: Britain’s ‘Grooming Gangs’ Finally Get the Attention They Deserve. Insty cites Capt. ED MORRISSEY: EU Leaders to Musk: How Dare You Interfere With Our Interference! Ben Kew @ben_kew, "According to BBC Newsnight, Britain's socialist government are considering ending their security partnership with the U.S. unless Donald Trump distances himself from Elon Musk's views on grooming gangs." Sundance at CTH, EU Not at All Happy with Elon Musk Tinkering with Long Standing Control of The Proles.

'Bonchie' at RedState, Sunny Hostin Accidently Exposed Her Husband's Alleged Insurance Scam, Now He's a Defendant in a RICO Case. Twitchy, Sunny Hostin's Hubby Caught in Massive NYC RICO Scandal: Doctor's Oath Meets Fraud Allegations. Nicholas Fondacaro @NickFondacaro, "Sunny Hostin's husband has been named in a massive insurance fraud RICO case. WACTH: Hostin implicates her husband in such a scheme: "[He] operates on someone even though they don't have insurance and then has to sue health insurance companies to get paid for the work...""

Jeff Charles at TownHall worries Are Leftists Planning an 'Insurrection' Against Donald Trump's Inauguration? Will there be a repeat of 2016s inauguration riots? Maybe, if Democrats can't control their mob. "A coalition of left-wing organizations has announced a “We Fight Back” National Day of Action set to take place on January 20 as Trump is inaugurated. The purported aim of the demonstrations is to “defeat Trump’s extreme right, billionaire agenda,” according to its website." Matt Vespa, Libs Are Not Going to Like What CNN's Scott Jennings Said About the 2024 Election Certification. Byron York @ByronYork, "It should be noted that today's proceeding was the first time no Democrat objected to the certification of a Republican president since the certification of George H.W. Bush in 1989." (((tedfrank)))@tedfrank, "The January 6, 2025 certification of Trump’s election victory is the first time in fifty-two years that no Democrats challenged the certification of a GOP victory in a presidential election. Dems in the House challenged the results in 1981, 1985, 1989, 2001, 2005, & 2017. /1" Scott Pinsker at PJM, The Age of Covfefe Has Officially Begun! "The whole January 6 certification spectacle has been a “riot” to watch, if you’ll “pardon” the pun. What a show! (Democrats are sort of cute when they’re out of power.) With sweeping brushstrokes, they painted themselves in a corner: After four long years of hysterical caterwauling about the so-called “insurrection,” the dangers of election denialism, and Trump being “literally Hitler,” they had absolutely no card left to play. All they could do was eat the s**t sandwich and pretend it was yummy."

DC _Draino @DC_Draino, "We are about to experience something that’s never been done before Republicans have only controlled the White House, Senate, and House for 10 years in the past century And you know how many of those years included a 6-3 conservative Supreme Court plus a powerful MAGA media ecosystem with hundreds of millions of followers to hold RINOs accountable? Zero This is why we call it the Golden Age Republicans have never held this much power in modern history. Let’s use the hell out of it and save this country." Teri Christoph at RedState, Senate Democrats Force Delay on Tulsi Gabbard Confirmation Hearing, Put United States at Risk. Sundance, Curious Outcome – Senate Intel Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner Met with DNI Nominee Tulsi Gabbard, Has More Questions. Bob Spencer at PJM, Elizabeth Warren Finds One of Those Right-Wing Extremists the Biden Regime Has Been Warning Us About. "The far-left Warren professed to be particularly worried about a tattoo on Hegseth’s bicep, which says “Deus Vult,” or “God wills it.”" Matt Vespa, John Fetterman Announces Which Trump Nominees He'll Vote to Confir m.

Sundance, President Trump Holds a Press Conference in Mar-a-Lago – Hussain Sajwani to Invest $20 Billion For AI Datacenters. Press conference at link. Ace, Trump Press Conference: He'll Rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America," Still Wants Greenland, "All Hell Will Break Loose" if Hamas Doesn't Release Hostages by His Inauguration. Cynical Publius@CynicalPublius, "I'm hearing MAGAs complain that the whole Greenland thing is a "distraction" and Trump should instead be focused on his key campaign promises. IMO, at a certain level this definitely IS a distraction, one that Trump has purposely created. . . " Beege Welborn, Denmark Strikes Back at Trump: How Do You Like Us Now, Tough Guy? "“We are open for business, but we’re not for sale,” Greenland’s foreign minister, Ane Lone Bagger, said." Twitchy cites Harry Sisson: MAGA Said Trump Was 'Anti-War' but Now He's Going to 'Invade' Greenland. At NewsMax, Trump Hits at Trudeau, Pushes Perks of US-Canada Merger. Fox, Trump reacts to Trudeau resignation: 'Many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State', "Trump says if Canada merged with U.S., there would be no tariffs." Stephen Kruiser at PJM, Canada's Commie Soy Boy Trudeau Slithers Off to Ignominy. Bari Weiss @bariweiss, The problem with Trudeau’s government is not the name at the top of the ticket. The problem is bad ideas, strongly held. The comprehensive failure of Justin Trudeau:" Jeff Charles, Trump Does a Bit of Trolling After Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Announces His Resignation. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 01.07.25, American Thinker: Trump’s Arctic Policy Is No Foll y.