David Inserra
Biography
Cato Institute
Publications
Embracing Expression at Meta Requires Changes that Transcend PoliticsLast month, Meta announced a set of significant changes to its content moderation strategies. Ditching fact-checking in the US, loosening content policies that restrict important social speech, making sizeable changes to reduce moderation mistakes, and working with the Trump administration to combat foreign regulation and censorship— these are all praiseworthy changes that support a culture of freer expression on Meta’s products and, more broadly, in our society. Of course, Meta should be free to moderate speech on its platform as it sees fit. But as a private company built around products that connect people and give them a voice, this return to a greater focus on expression should be welcomed.