Meta to move content moderators to Texas

A key Meta team is moving to Texas after tech giant nixes fact checking
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and more, is moving to a community notes program over third-party fact-checkers. As part of its changes, Meta is following the lead of Elon Musk's X and moving trust and safety teams from California to Texas and other U.
Meta’s content moderation teams moving from California to Texas after scrapping fact checking system
Meta is eliminating fact-checkers in a move founder Mark Zuckerberg said will make free speech a priority on its social media platforms — including Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp — and align the multinational tech giant with a political tilt to the right with the recent election of Donald Trump.
Meta to move content moderators to Texas as part of move to end fact-checking program
The tech giant’s decision to end the program comes as CEO Mark Zuckerberg seeks to mend ties with the incoming Trump administration.
Zuckerberg says he’s moving Meta moderators to Texas because California seems too ‘biased’
As we work to promote free expression, I think that it will help us build trust to do this work in places where there’s less concern about the bias of our teams,’ according to the Meta CEO.
Meta ending fact-checking program: Zuckerberg
Social media giant Meta announced a series of changes to its content moderation policies Tuesday, including the elimination of its fact-checking program, in what CEO Mark Zuckerberg said was an effort to embrace free speech.

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