Meta announced this week it was ending third-party fact-checking and moving towards community notes. Some experts fear it could lead to a rise in health misinformation.

Fact-checking is essential, but leaving it to social media platforms risks undermining democracy and suppressing diverse voices.

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Commenting on the surge, Gizmodo suggested that “apparently not everyone is ready to live in a post-truth world... Fittingly, ...

O n Tuesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the social media behemoth will end its third party fact-checking program ...

Although Meta has clarified that the program is being discontinued only in the US, the implications are being closely watched ...

In other words, Meta will no longer rely on external organizations to review and verify the accuracy of content shared on its platforms, which include Threads, Instagram, and Facebook. Instead, users ...

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with President-elect Trump a day ahead of announcing the ...

The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) wrote an open letter questioning Mark Zuckerberg's decision to replace Meta's ...

Meta is removing independent fact checkers for Facebook and Instagram and replacing them with user-generated ‘community notes’ where commenting on the accuracy of posts is left to users. The sweeping ...

The fact-check change came alongside a set of sweeping policy and staffing refreshes at Meta, including the appointment of ...

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