Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, arrives for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Jan. 31, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The news was praised by President-elect Donald Trump, who told Fox News Digital that he thought Meta's presentation "was excellent." "They have come a long way," Trump said.
Still, it is unlikely to ease the legal liability for Meta, which in recent months has been hit with the possibility of a multibillion-dollar class action lawsuit stemming from a privacy scandal involving the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.
The Supreme Court in November rejected Meta's effort to block the lawsuit, leaving in place an appellate court ruling that allowed the class action suit to move forward.
Meta has also been the target of multiple Republican-led investigations in Congress. Republicans on the House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government probed Meta's activity and communication with the federal government and the Biden administration last year as part of a broader investigation into alleged censorship.
The platform also came under scrutiny by the House Oversight Committee in August, as part of an investigation into claims that the platform suppressed information about the July 13 assassination attempt of Trump.
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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, arrives to testify before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, "Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis," in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 31, 2024. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
"That discovery is still revealing new details," Turley said. "So Meta understood that in the coming months, more details would be forthcoming on its censorship program."
Still, he said, this "could be a transformative moment," Turley said.
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"And an alliance of Zuckerberg with [Elon] Musk could turn the tide in this fight over free speech," Turley said. "And as one of Zuckerberg's most vocal critics I welcome him to this fight."
Breanne Deppisch is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the 2024 election and other national news.
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