Zuckerberg’s Pro-Free Speech Promise Kept? MRC Sees Early Surge in Social Traffic

Zuckerberg’s Pro-Free Speech Promise Kept? MRC Sees Early Surge in Social Traffic

Zuckerberg’s Pro-Free Speech Promise Kept? MRC Sees Early Surge in Social Traffic Media Research Center data indicates that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s pledge to implement pro-free speech policies across Meta appears to have had an almost immediate impact. “Zuckerberg has put his money where his mouth is,” said MRC Vice President Dan Schneider. “And he’s fulfilling his promises. Meta still needs to do what’s right for all those conservative outl…

Social media is at the crossroads of free speech and regulation - SME Tech Guru

By Grant Lapping, Digital Executive at midnight, the innovation agency of iqbusiness The debate around social media moderation has been with us since platforms like Facebook and Twitter (now known as X) launched in the 2000s. Yet, the temperature of the discourse has heated up over the past few years and 2025 will be pivotal in determining just how free ‘free speech’ should be on platforms where hundreds of millions or even billions of users con…

In defence of free speech - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

POLITICIANS like to talk. They make platform speeches. They orate in Parliament. They issue indignant press releases. So, it is a supreme irony that these same people often act in ways inimical to free speech. In recent days, there’s been a rash of such instances. On March 21, Dr Keith Rowley, five days after stepping down as prime minister, issued a broadside against “a so-called analyst” from UWI who had commented on the legality of appointmen…