Since the 1970s, the US Supreme Court has defended a very broad conception of freedom of speech, one that allows today Elon Musk's or Mark Zuckerberg's platforms to massively disseminate unverified or even deliberately false information.

The Daily News editorial about Meta and how it is changing with the new administration (“Facebook’s about-face on speech,” Jan. 13) is like watching a replay of Joe

Mike Benz, executive director of the Foundation for Freedom Online, says that while he only trusts social media moguls like Meta's Mark Zuckerberg “as far as he can throw them,” he’s hopeful that the Trump administration has the means to hold them accountable for censorship operations.

On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order titled “Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship,” which targets social media platforms’ use of fact-checkers to moderate misinformation.

Actor Jesse Eisenberg, who once portrayed Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, says he thinks the tech billionaire should focus on improving the world instead of inserting himself into