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Meta’s Ban Of Fact Checking Divides Jeffrey Katzenberg And Linda Yaccarino In Separate CES Sessions: “No Boundaries” Won’t Work, He Says; “Welcome To The Party,” She Gloats
In separate CES appearances, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Linda Yaccarino, differed on Meta's decision to stop fact-checking Facebook and Instagram posts.
Katzenberg, during an appearance at a sidebar conference organized by industry ad consortium OpenAP, said the move by Mark Zuckerberg would only worsen the slide of social media into a sketchy place, opening the door to competition. For inspiration in laying out the case for a new entrant, Katzenberg harkened back to his time at Disney saying its “singularity” and “self-imposed” adherence to its values is notably absent in social media. Michael Kassan, the former head of UTA’s MediaLink who now runs consulting firm 3C Ventures, said he sees what’s happening with Meta and other social players is a “Sarbanes-Oxley moment” in media.
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