EXCLUSIVE: President-elect Donald Trump reacted to Meta’s proceed to close its fact-checking programme on Facebook, Instagram and its other websites, telling Fox News Digital that the firm has” come a long way”. Fox News first reported that Meta is removing its speech limits and ending its fact-checking program in order to “restore free representation” across its platforms, while also acknowledging that its latest content moderation practices have “gone too much.” ZUCKERBERG VOLKS TO RESTORE FREE EXPRESSION ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM — META ENDS THE FACT-CHECKING System In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Trump stated that he thinks Meta’s “presentation was exemplary.” ” They have come a long way”, Trump said. Trump made the comments after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced it in a movie on Tuesday night, saying his firm is “going to get back to our roots and focus on reducing errors, simplifying our plans, and restoring completely expression on our programs.” Meta plans to replace fact-checking with a” Community Notes” type similar to the one used on X. Meta’s third-party fact-checking system was put in place after the 2016 election and had been used to “manage content” and propaganda on its platforms, largely owing to “political stress”, executives said, but admitted the structure had “gone to way”. UFC HEAD DANA WHITE, a STRONG TRUMP SUPPORTER, JOINS META’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS Joel Kaplan, the head of Meta’s global policy team, reported to Fox News Digital that the company is also changing some of its own content moderation guidelines, particularly those that they believe are” too restrictive and not allowing enough discourse around sensitive topics like immigration, trans issues, and gender.” Kaplan told Fox News Digital,” We want to make sure that discourse can happen freely on the platform without fear of censorship.” We have the authority to alter the laws to improve their support for free speech. And we’re not just changing the rules, we are actually changing how we enforce the rules “.Kaplan said Meta currently uses automated systems, which he said make” too many mistakes” and removes content” that doesn’t even violate our standards” .He also said there are certain things Meta will continue to moderate, like posts relating to terrorism, illegal drugs and child sexual exploitation. However, as for the timing of the changes, Kaplan told Fox News Digital the company has” a real opportunity now” .ZUCKERBERG, EXPRESSING REGRETS, ADMITS BOWING TO BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PRESSURE TO REMOVE CONTENT” We have a new administration coming in that is far from pressuring companies to censor and]is more ] a huge supporter of free expression”, Kaplan said, referring to the incoming Trump administration. ” It gets us back to the values that Mark founded the company on “.Last year, Zuckerberg sent a letter to the House Judiciary Committee, in which he admitted that he felt pressure from the Biden administration, particularly with regard to COVID-19 content, and even subjects like satire and humor. ” The thing is, as American companies, when other governments around the world that don’t have our tradition or our First Amendment, when they see the United States government pressuring U. S.companies to take down content, it is just open season then for those governments to put more pressure]on their companies ]”, Kaplan explained. We do believe that working with the Trump administration and promoting free expression at home is a real opportunity, as suggested by Kaplan. That is a topic that is crucial to Meta and our industry, according to Kaplan. In addition, Meta said it plans to provide users with more personalized access to political content so they can see more posts of that kind.” And we’re excited to work with the Trump administration to advance those goals. Meta said it will refocus its enforcement efforts to “illegal and high-severity violations “.Meanwhile, this week, Trump ally UFC CEO Dana White joined Meta’s board. ” I love social media”, White wrote. Additionally joining the Meta board are former Microsoft Corp. executive Charlie Songhurst, who has already worked with the company on artificial intelligence products, and Exov NV CEO John Elkann. Elkann’s company has stakes in many European businesses, including Ferrari NV and Italy’s popular soccer team, Juventus Football Club.