Mark Zuckerberg’s company is forcibly removing any links to competing platforms mere days after declaring, “More Speech and Fewer Mistakes” across its platforms.
Social media giant Meta is blocking links to a competing platform less than a week after the company said it was committing to freedom of speech — raising questions about whether Mark Zuckerberg’s firm was sincere in reducing censorship.
According to a 404 Media report, the Meta-owned Facebook has been actively deleting links to a decentralized Instagram competitor known as Pixelfed. All links to Pixelfed.social have been labeled “spam” and removed immediately.
Meta acquired Instagram in 2012, broadening its social media umbrella to include the popular photo-sharing app.
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