Casey Newton

And if you think about the composition of Meta's user base, particularly on Facebook in the United States, which is what they pay the most attention to, that is a user base that is getting older, that leans much more to the right than maybe the median journalist or the critics of the company.

And if you think about the composition of Meta's user base, particularly on Facebook in the United States, which is what they pay the most attention to, that is a user base that is getting older, that leans much more to the right than maybe the median journalist or the critics of the company.

And if you think about the composition of Meta's user base, particularly on Facebook in the United States, which is what they pay the most attention to, that is a user base that is getting older, that leans much more to the right than maybe the median journalist or the critics of the company.

And we've also seen through empirical studies that people on the right are more likely to share misinformation and they're more likely as a result to have their content taken action on.

And we've also seen through empirical studies that people on the right are more likely to share misinformation and they're more likely as a result to have their content taken action on.

And we've also seen through empirical studies that people on the right are more likely to share misinformation and they're more likely as a result to have their content taken action on.

So what that means is that over time, this truly was becoming a worse and worse problem for Meta with Facebook in particular because their policies were disproportionately affecting some of their best customers. I see.

So what that means is that over time, this truly was becoming a worse and worse problem for Meta with Facebook in particular because their policies were disproportionately affecting some of their best customers. I see.

So what that means is that over time, this truly was becoming a worse and worse problem for Meta with Facebook in particular because their policies were disproportionately affecting some of their best customers. I see.

Yes, and this touches on left and liberal politics as well. There's been good empirical reporting that Meta disproportionately removed content expressing support for Palestine. This gets a bit wonky as well. Hamas is designated by the United States as a terrorist group, and Meta will downrank content that is linked to designated terrorist groups. Wow.

Yes, and this touches on left and liberal politics as well. There's been good empirical reporting that Meta disproportionately removed content expressing support for Palestine. This gets a bit wonky as well. Hamas is designated by the United States as a terrorist group, and Meta will downrank content that is linked to designated terrorist groups. Wow.

Yes, and this touches on left and liberal politics as well. There's been good empirical reporting that Meta disproportionately removed content expressing support for Palestine. This gets a bit wonky as well. Hamas is designated by the United States as a terrorist group, and Meta will downrank content that is linked to designated terrorist groups. Wow.

And so people on the left who've been trying to express their support for Palestine have seen their posts removed. Another long-running complaint on the left is that sex workers constantly have their posts removed from Facebook and Instagram, even if the posts themselves are relatively benign. And so there may be a world in which... We see more left and liberal speech on these properties.

And so people on the left who've been trying to express their support for Palestine have seen their posts removed. Another long-running complaint on the left is that sex workers constantly have their posts removed from Facebook and Instagram, even if the posts themselves are relatively benign. And so there may be a world in which... We see more left and liberal speech on these properties.

And so people on the left who've been trying to express their support for Palestine have seen their posts removed. Another long-running complaint on the left is that sex workers constantly have their posts removed from Facebook and Instagram, even if the posts themselves are relatively benign. And so there may be a world in which... We see more left and liberal speech on these properties.

And, you know, again, we're just going to have to sort of wait and see. But at least as written, there are elements of these changes that would seem to benefit the left more. and right.

And, you know, again, we're just going to have to sort of wait and see. But at least as written, there are elements of these changes that would seem to benefit the left more. and right.

And, you know, again, we're just going to have to sort of wait and see. But at least as written, there are elements of these changes that would seem to benefit the left more. and right.

Now, I would also say they specifically carved out exceptions to their hate speech policy, seemingly specifically to appease Republicans when it comes to LGBT people and immigrants, but that is a different thread in the story. So tell me, what are these carve outs? So Meta communicates its policies in two ways. One, there is a public set of guidelines, which tend to be fairly high level.

Now, I would also say they specifically carved out exceptions to their hate speech policy, seemingly specifically to appease Republicans when it comes to LGBT people and immigrants, but that is a different thread in the story. So tell me, what are these carve outs? So Meta communicates its policies in two ways. One, there is a public set of guidelines, which tend to be fairly high level.