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Meta, PolitiFact

Meta deals a blow to fact-checking. Critics says politics is to blame.

When PolitiFact won a Pulitzer in 2009, it put fact-checkers on the map. Donald Trump’s MAGA movement gave them plenty of work. Now, Meta’s fact-checking retrenchment threatens to hollow out the industry.

Politifact · 17h

Meta breaks up with fact-checkers. Here’s how it affects PolitiFact.

Column by PolitiFact Editor-in-Chief Katie Sanders: As I weigh Meta’s decision to break up with American fact-checkers, I keep returning to this: The censorious fact-checking program Meta described is not the fact-checking program I know.

The Associated Press - Busines… · 20h

No more fact-checking for Meta. How will this change media — and the pursuit of truth?

Meta’s announcement illustrates the struggle professional news verification faces in an era where, often, the loudest voices win the day.

Meta, Mark Zuckerberg

Business Insider on MSN · 9h

71 organizations and counting have signed a letter warning Mark Zuckerberg about ending fact-checking on Meta in the US

The International Fact-Checking Network proposed crowdsourcing in conjunction with professionals, a "new model."

HuffPost on MSN · 6h

Stephen Colbert Has A Brutal Community Note For Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Changes

The "Late Show" host said the tech billionaire is racing to "kiss" Donald Trump's "ass" with the company's changes ahead of the president-elect's inauguration.

USA TODAY on MSN · 1d

Why Meta went MAGA: Inside Mark Zuckerberg's reset with Donald Trump

With Republicans back in control of both chambers of Congress and calling for new regulation of Big Tech, the Meta CEO is realigning with Trump.

Meta ends fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram

CBS News · 1d

Meta to end fact-checking, replacing it with community-driven system akin to Elon Musk's X

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday said the social media company is ending its fact-checking program and replacing it with a community-driven system similar to that of Elon Musk's X.

Engadget on MSN · 2d

The Morning After: Meta gives up on fact checking for Facebook and Instagram

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced yesterday that the company is swinging away from its efforts to corral its content. Meta is suspending its fact-checking program to move to an X-style Community Notes model on Facebook,

TechCrunch on MSN · 21h

Google searches for deleting Facebook, Instagram explode after Meta ends fact-checking

Google searches for how to cancel and delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads accounts have seen explosive rises in the U.S. since Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company will end its third-party fact-checking system,

Could Meta ending fact-checking lead to rise in health misinformation?

Meta -- the company that operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp --announced on Tuesday it was ending third-party ...

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Why Meta’s Fact-Checking Change Could Lead to More Misinformation on Facebook and Instagram

Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will move to a Community Notes system as the company prepares for Donald Trump's ...

Meta makes major move back to free speech and ends 3rd-party fact-checking program

Meta recently announced it will cease working with third-party fact-checking organizations to flag misleading posts on ...

Pew Research Center16h

Meta to change its fact-checking policy

In other news: A look at the app monitoring wildfires in the western U.S. Looking ahead: How should the press cover a second ...

Meta’s fact-checking overhaul widens global rift on disinformation

As platform scales back moderation in line with conservative demands in the United States, it still has to maneuver through ...

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Meta’s decision to ax fact-checking system, adopt Musk-like policy is a big ‘win’ for free speech: Experts

Tech and media experts told Fox News Digital that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg should be applauded for adopting a fact-checking ...

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As Meta abandons fact-checking, here's how to tell what's real online

On social media, photos and videos can be reshared long after an event takes place. So even if it's your first time seeing it ...

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Dems bash Meta for scrapping fact-checks: ‘Genuflecting to Donald Trump’

House Democrats are hammering Meta and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, after the company announced the platform-wide end of its ...

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