Meta’s fact-checking reversal lets Mark Zuckerberg drop the charade

Mark Zuckerberg’s video announcement on Tuesday that the company would abandon its fact-checking efforts and loosen moderation marks a stunning reversal of years of promises regarding safety and misinformation.

As I watched it, I wondered whether Meta Platforms Inc.’s PR team held off until Tuesday because posting it on Monday — the anniversary of the Capitol insurrection — would have been too on the nose.