Zuckerberg urged to revive Meta fact-checking program at Vatican jubilee for communication

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Filipino-American Nobel peace prize winner and journalist Maria Ressa urged Mark Zuckerberg not to give up on Meta’s fact-checking program during her speech at the Vatican for the jubilee of communication. (Video Courtesy of Vatican Media)  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00Please, Maria, it's your turn.

00:08Right?

00:09So, move fast, break things, that's what Mark Zuckerberg said, and big tech broke democracy.

00:19It's going to get worse.

00:22Early this year, a few weeks ago, he announced that Facebook is giving up on facts.

00:27That's canceling what it created, the fact checking, that's trying to, it's like putting

00:32a finger in a dam that's about to fall on you.

00:36But dear Mark, this isn't a free speech issue.

00:41This is an issue of safety.

00:45Imagine if this hall had no safety measures and it was built of corroded materials and

00:52could fall on us at any time.

00:56Remember, the goal is not to make you believe one thing, the goal is make you doubt everything,

01:05so you cannot act.

01:07Globally, two main fracture lines of society that is pounded open, pounded open, regardless

01:15of country or culture, that's gender and race.

01:20And the attacks are often fueled by religion.

01:24Sexism that turns into misogyny and racism that finds its way into constitutions like

01:30Hungary, where it's called white replacement theory.

01:39In order to be here in front of you today, I have to ask the Philippine Supreme Court

01:43for approval to travel, so you lose your rights.

01:48The sad part, I always joke that the Philippines has moved from hell to purgatory, but the

01:58sad part is that I see what has happened to us in the Philippines happening to far more

02:04developed countries around the world.

02:08The vote in America I called the Philippinization of American politics.

02:14This jubilee comes at a time when the world is upside down, when what's right is wrong

02:22and what's wrong is right.

03:14To be able to communicate is a great wisdom, it is a great wisdom.

03:21I am happy that this is the jubilee of communicators.

03:27Your work is a work that builds, builds society, builds the Church, makes everyone move forward.

03:41I am happy that it is true.

03:49May the Lord bless you all, Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

04:10For more information, visit www.fema.org

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