Mark Cuban Reacts to Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Shift [Video]

Business mogul Mark Cuban called out Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and President-elect Donald Trump for the tariffs “Americans are going to see” from countries that “censor Meta services as a means of pressuring them into removing any restrictions that impact your profitability in those countries.”

It came after Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday that Meta, one of the largest social media companies, encompassing Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads and other products platforms, will roll back a number of its censorship policies to become a free speech platform.

Newsweek reached out to a Meta communications representative and Trump’s transition team via email for comment.

Why It Matters

Meta had often set the norm for how platforms regulate and fact-check content, so this is a drastic change from its previous approach of restricting specific language and topics. This switch by Zuckerberg reflects an increasingly pro-free speech attitude in Silicon Valley over recent years.