NEW: Meta blindsided its fact checkers this morning. No advanced notice. “We heard the news just like everyone else." Journalists who've been working with the company for years are scrambling to figure out if they still have jobs. @davidgilbert.bsky.social reports: - ThreadSky

dell.bsky.social • 64 days ago

NEW: Meta blindsided its fact checkers this morning. No advanced notice. “We heard the news just like everyone else."

Journalists who've been working with the company for years are scrambling to figure out if they still have jobs.

@davidgilbert.bsky.social reports:

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bettevcollins.bsky.social•64 days ago

Blind sided? Really? Do they not understand who they are working for?

ocelots1.bsky.social•64 days ago

I finally got rid of all my Meta accounts today. I had my FB account since 2006 and was following so many community news sources, local businesses, etc. on it that it feels like a real loss but I can’t sit back and support this kind of cowardice anymore.

bubblebaththoughts.bsky.social•64 days ago

I felt the same, in all the ways.

mraryeh.bsky.social•64 days ago

Callous of him 🤮🤧

tegridy.bsky.social•64 days ago

Zucks room at Mar alago.

tegridy.bsky.social•64 days ago

Elon's Cuck.

i-gvf.bsky.social•64 days ago

Let's hand your job to the masses.

And then let's ban any of them that actually catch something against MAGA.

vickiecarey.bsky.social•64 days ago

Oligarchs don't care about their employees. Why waste time telling folks their jobs have been eliminated.

sousoux.bsky.social•64 days ago

Building a business fact checking a tech bro like zuck seems very tenuous. Shareholders need to lose a lot of money.

moodyblue77.bsky.social•64 days ago

So META is just X.

iburl.bsky.social•64 days ago

When the raplst/Felon 🍊🗑️🤡 speaks, soulless, weak androids like Zuck snap to it.

melissawoodruff.bsky.social•64 days ago

Such an unctuous prick.

atlantarobin.bsky.social•64 days ago

Is he … um… is he wearing bronzer?

dell.bsky.social•64 days ago

absolutely

imdoctorremulak.bsky.social•64 days ago

Mark is going through a phase.

july2022.bsky.social•64 days ago

https://thehardtimes.net/culture/mark-zuckerberg-recipient-of-worlds-first-rat-penis-transplant-announces-meta-will-stop-fact-checking/

dow280ten.bsky.social•64 days ago

zuck is a punk
he has always been
nothing more

beshannonphotos.bsky.social•64 days ago

Jobs? Did they ever have jobs?

dell.bsky.social•64 days ago

They work in newsrooms that in some cases hired specifically for this task.

gordonvincent.bsky.social•64 days ago

I mean, why pay people to do what you don't want them to do?

marsyd.bsky.social•64 days ago

Musk, Zuckerberg, cut from the same cloth.

dagenheim.bsky.social•64 days ago

Blindsided? They know they work for Facebook right? Where upending or losing your job is an obvious and likely possibility at literally any point?

norgesondeste.no•64 days ago

Jesus. There really is no job security in America. Such a sad nation for workers rights.

sspinney.bsky.social•64 days ago

This is very disturbing to me. Poor/disrespectful treatment of trusted professionals performing important work. Impulsive, dismissive, immature, Mr. Zuckerberg.
Sharyn in Richardson, Texas (yes, it’s awful here)

shelev.bsky.social•64 days ago

Dump FB now

adavelikeanyother.bsky.social•64 days ago

So... why is any individual, organization, business,or governing body — ANYONE — surprised that any guardrail of honesty, truth, or justice just evaporites under 47's regime? Blindsided? Only if your eyes and ears have been covered up for the whole of your existence. And that's just a maybe.

mizkayte.bsky.social•64 days ago

Judging by my family members who are Trumpers it wouldn’t matter anyways. They’ll either support it or make up a conspiracy theory to justify it. I don’t think they will stop supporting him ever and no matter what he does.

lestat386.bsky.social•64 days ago

Instagram account now deleted. Anyone else not happy with Zuck the Cuck hit him in the pocketbook. Delete your Facebook, Instagram, etc. If you don't, don't whine about his evil while making him rich.

jimers.bsky.social•64 days ago

How many of those CA- based employees will want to move to Texas?

big-steppa.bsky.social•64 days ago

Mark is an asshole and a liar

Always have been

mikeyline.bsky.social•64 days ago

Well, Facebook did this because they love Trump's America. The America that exists right now. The America that America voted for.

karen173.bsky.social•64 days ago

So, I can just post that Mark Zuckerberg eats babies?

justdrewit.bsky.social•64 days ago

The babies of the people who live there? Yes. Yes, you can.

sldet.bsky.social•64 days ago

Wonder how the contract was worded for termination of services?

khal-yolo.bsky.social•64 days ago

They spent more time "fact checking" comic hyperbole than they ever did checking any of the right wing's lies, good riddance.

birdgirl444.bsky.social•64 days ago

I'm glad FB doesn't let us share news links in Canada. It went back to being for more personal posts instead of news and politics. Don't believe what you read on FB

vagabond64.bsky.social•64 days ago

Meta is a coward

artiststeve.bsky.social•64 days ago

Techbros are disruptors donchaknow? - no playing by the rules or acts of decency for our big brain Randian superiors

altiam.bsky.social•63 days ago

The truth deserves better than last-minute chaos.

fellnafo.bsky.social•64 days ago

It went perfectly with Twitter.
What possibly could go wrong with facebook and Insta?

Btw is TikTok an alternative for Insta?
Asking for a friend...

cinderellaenflambe.bsky.social•64 days ago

Could be, but not if Trump forces the sale to 1 of his bros.

purpcheck.bsky.social•64 days ago

No, it isn't. Don't install TikTok.

bobbygoode.bsky.social•64 days ago

It appears having billions, (or saying you do, in Trump's case), causes severe sociopathy. Or maybe that's how the billions (or pretend ones, in Trump's case) were made.

anthum.bsky.social•64 days ago

No WARN act?

sphelps.net•64 days ago

https://en-gb.facebook.com/help/224562897555674/

townandcountry.bsky.social•64 days ago

And yet another billionaire taking good care of his loyal employees.

1pissedoffgoat.bsky.social•64 days ago

Fuck Zuck!

kmagnacca.bsky.social•64 days ago

The only thing that's surprising to me is that they were doing fact checking up to now, because I certainly never saw it.

xoxoxopher.bsky.social•64 days ago

“Found out like everyone else…”.
Did they fact check this bit of news? 🤪

monamo60.bsky.social•64 days ago

I haven't contributed to his wealth for 5 years & SOMEHOW I've managed to live a healthy, productive life w/out FB, IG, & Threads. It's a sad state of affairs that so many can't get off Zuck's "tit" for lack of a better term- although the visual is need to understand how noxious the excuses are.

geezerlyfe.bsky.social•64 days ago

When facts don't matter, neither does thinking.

fry69.dev•64 days ago

I think many fact checkers will still have a job, as the announcement only talks about US, not global and esp. not EU because of the digital services act.

See also -> https://bsky.app/profile/ianbetteridge.com/post/3lf5yrvcpju2r

dell.bsky.social•64 days ago

these people don't work at meta. they work in newsrooms that meta talked into partnerships.

cinderellaenflambe.bsky.social•64 days ago

Checking facts on FB would be a full-time job tho. I bet there are layoffs at minimum.

fry69.dev•64 days ago

Well, that does not change the fact the Meta might still want to continue to provide fact-checking/moderation to fulfill their obligations from the DSA? Even if it is through a third party?

(at least that is how I read the post from @ianbetteridge.com )

swizzlesister64.bsky.social•64 days ago

Zuckerberg has just posted that he wants to work with Trump to punish countries that "censor" Meta product. So, that's where this is going.

jcb46.bsky.social•64 days ago

FB account deleted, too be honest didn’t use it much but it’s gone the way of Twitter 👍

mizkayte.bsky.social•64 days ago

Surprising people is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes. Surprise! We decided this was illegal. Surprise! Can’t post what you want without some flat earth lunatic fact checking you. Surprise! You’re fired.

tommyko.bsky.social•64 days ago

No respect for Zuckerberg! He sold out to the MAGAS!!

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