Well, Facebook and Instagram are set for a big shake up after Mark Zuckerberger. Now it's sweeping changes to the social media platforms following Donald Trump's election win. Parent company Meta will stop using independent fact checking organizations to moderate content, boost more political posts, and remove restrictions on how people can talk about controversial topics like gender and immigration. Joining me our former Facebook Astroony Bobs, Steven Sheerla Stephen, good morning to you. Is this an irresponsible move by Mark Zuckerberg.

Well, Facebook and Instagram are set for a big shake up after Mark Zuckerberger. Now it's sweeping changes to the social media platforms following Donald Trump's election win. Parent company Meta will stop using independent fact checking organizations to moderate content, boost more political posts, and remove restrictions on how people can talk about controversial topics like gender and immigration. Joining me our former Facebook Astroony Bobs, Steven Sheerla Stephen, good morning to you. Is this an irresponsible move by Mark Zuckerberg.

I think you could see it as irresponsible. There's no question that social media is going to get a little more full of stuff that we don't necessarily want to see. Mark's admitted that himself. But this is clearly a political move. Mark's trying to get onside with the new Trump administration and pivot more to where Elon Musk is standing. So now this is really about us politics. It's not necessarily about the platform itself.

I think you could see it as irresponsible. There's no question that social media is going to get a little more full of stuff that we don't necessarily want to see. Mark's admitted that himself. But this is clearly a political move. Mark's trying to get onside with the new Trump administration and pivot more to where Elon Musk is standing. So now this is really about us politics. It's not necessarily about the platform itself.

I mean, in the lead up to our election, can we expect more propaganda, more misinformation about politics in this country as a result of this, Look.

I mean, in the lead up to our election, can we expect more propaganda, more misinformation about politics in this country as a result of this, Look.

The changes in Australia will probably happen over time. I think there are some fact checking contracts in place in Australia. They're gonna tail off over time. So this isn't happening tomorrow. It's going to happen over the course of the next months, maybe the course of the next year. So I don't think the impact on the election period will be that profound. But over time you will see a change and the type of content that winds up in social media. And we all experience this every day, you know, you see the certain types of content sort of surfaces up. Well more types of content that'll a bit more controversial perhaps will probably wind up in most people's feeds.

The changes in Australia will probably happen over time. I think there are some fact checking contracts in place in Australia. They're gonna tail off over time. So this isn't happening tomorrow. It's going to happen over the course of the next months, maybe the course of the next year. So I don't think the impact on the election period will be that profound. But over time you will see a change and the type of content that winds up in social media. And we all experience this every day, you know, you see the certain types of content sort of surfaces up. Well more types of content that'll a bit more controversial perhaps will probably wind up in most people's feeds.

Yeah, it's fascinating, Steve, and I don't understand what Mark Zuckerberg does. He promises free and open platform with Facebook in particular and Instagram, he promised to connect the world, and gradually over time he's just abandoned all of those good will measures and any responsibility i'd suggest around his platforms. Is he just interested in the money and the clicks and avoiding any sort of political controversy from Donald Trump here.

Yeah, it's fascinating, Steve, and I don't understand what Mark Zuckerberg does. He promises free and open platform with Facebook in particular and Instagram, he promised to connect the world, and gradually over time he's just abandoned all of those good will measures and any responsibility i'd suggest around his platforms. Is he just interested in the money and the clicks and avoiding any sort of political controversy from Donald Trump here.

I think reasonable people can come down on both sides of this argument. This is a tough problem to solve, you know, how do you moderate the problematic content on social media. There's one side that says, well, you should just let the users do it, the community do it. There's another side that says, no third party should be doing it, you know, some sort of fact checkers. Facebook used to be a community based and then it went to fact checkers. Now it's going back to community based, and it's really just tacking with the political wins in the US right now. You know, fact checkers is now a bad word in the US political system. And Marcus really just he's trying to get onside with Trump right now. That's all that's happening. All right.

I think reasonable people can come down on both sides of this argument. This is a tough problem to solve, you know, how do you moderate the problematic content on social media. There's one side that says, well, you should just let the users do it, the community do it. There's another side that says, no third party should be doing it, you know, some sort of fact checkers. Facebook used to be a community based and then it went to fact checkers. Now it's going back to community based, and it's really just tacking with the political wins in the US right now. You know, fact checkers is now a bad word in the US political system. And Marcus really just he's trying to get onside with Trump right now. That's all that's happening. All right.

Good to have you with this this morning, Stephen shield A. Good to have your insight into this. You know how it all works.

Good to have you with this this morning, Stephen shield A. Good to have your insight into this. You know how it all works.