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# Meta’s Free Speech Grift
- URL: https://werd.io/metas-free-speech-grift/
- Published: 2025-01-08T14:28:58.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-08T14:28:58.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: Technology, Notable links, #Import 2025-06-11 21:47

\[[Jason Kottke](https://kottke.org/25/01/metas-free-speech-grift)\]

Jason nails what [the supposed focus on free speech by Meta](https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/24338062/facebook-instagram-threads-meta-abandon-fact-checking) and others is really about:

> "What Zuckerberg and Meta have realized is the value, demonstrated by Trump, Musk, and MAGA antagonists, of saying that you’re “protecting free speech” and using it as cover for almost anything you want to do. For Meta, that means increasing engagement, decreasing government oversight and interference, and lowering their labor costs (through cutting their workforce and strengthening their bargaining position vs labor) — all things that will make their stock price go up and increase the wealth of their shareholders."

It's a grift, pure and simple. One that happens to help them curry favor with the incoming President and his fan-base.

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\[[Link](https://kottke.org/25/01/metas-free-speech-grift)\]