What’s Behind Meta’s Makeover Ahead of Trump’s Second Term?
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What’s Behind Meta’s Makeover Ahead of Trump’s Second Term?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For years, Mark Zuckerberg tried to keep his social networks above the fray of partisan politics. And why not? Meta’s flagship apps — Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — were rowdy nation-states unto themselves, with billions of users, fragile internal politics, skittish advertisers, perpetually…

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Halt Sentencing in N.Y. Hush-Money Case
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Halt Sentencing in N.Y. Hush-Money Case

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Days away from his criminal sentencing in New York, President-elect Donald J. Trump is seeking a late-stage rescue from the U.S. Supreme Court, escalating his bid to shut down the case before he returns to the White House. In an emergency petition filed…

Facebook Shifts Content Moderation to Its Users. Are You Ready?
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Facebook Shifts Content Moderation to Its Users. Are You Ready?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Meta would like to introduce its next fact-checker — the one who will spot falsehoods, pen convincing corrections and warn others about misleading content. It’s you. Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, announced Tuesday that he was ending much of the company’s moderation efforts,…

Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term
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Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Meta said on Tuesday that it was ending its longstanding fact-checking program, a policy instituted to curtail the spread of misinformation across its social media apps, in a stark sign of how the company was repositioning itself for the Trump presidency and throwing…

Trump Again Hints at Jan. 6 Pardons, Including for Attacks on Police
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Trump Again Hints at Jan. 6 Pardons, Including for Attacks on Police

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday once again left open the possibility of offering pardons to some of his supporters who are serving prison time for assaulting police officers during the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Mr. Trump, who campaigned…

Trump Asks Appeals Court to Freeze His New York Criminal Sentencing
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Trump Asks Appeals Court to Freeze His New York Criminal Sentencing

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday intensified a last-minute effort to avoid his criminal sentencing in New York, urging an appeals court to intervene and halt the proceeding. In a filing with the First Department of the state’s Appellate Division, Mr. Trump’s lawyers…

Trump Seeks to Halt His Criminal Sentencing in New York
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Trump Seeks to Halt His Criminal Sentencing in New York

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President-elect Donald J. Trump has signaled that he plans to mount a full-scale legal offensive to stave off his criminal sentencing in New York, seeking a last-minute reprieve before becoming the first president who is a convicted felon. With the sentencing scheduled for…