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Fact-Checkers Freak Out, Call 'Emergency' Meetings After Zuckerberg Pulls the Money
A prominent group of fact-checkers called an emergency meeting after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that the ...
Meta rolls back hate speech rules as Zuckerberg cites 'recent elections' as a catalyst
It wasn't just fact-checking that Meta scrapped from its platforms as it prepares for the second Trump administration. Meta ...
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Elon Musk Helps German Far-Right Candidate Spread Absurd Hitler Lie
Alternative for Germany Party, or AfD, co-leader Alice Weidel gave an interview with Elon Musk on Thursday live on X. She ...
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No more fact-checking for Meta. How will this change media — and the pursuit of truth?
The late New York Sen_ Daniel Patrick Moynihan put it this way decades ago: “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not ...
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.
An Urgent Meeting of the Fact-Check Legion of Doom
Fact-checkers, assemble! The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) held an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss a ...
Meta’s Dangerous Rule Change Has Unleashed Some Vile New Content
Twitter alternatives — new and old — have found audiences willing to try out a newer social networks since Elon Musk took ...
Deleting Facebook Surges In Popularity—Sudden Decision Pushes Users To Quit
Commenting on the surge, Gizmodo noted that “apparently not everyone is ready to live in a post-truth world... Fittingly, ...
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An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the world’s fact-checkers, nine years later
From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their ...
Here’s the truth: Meta ending fact-checking is a win against censorship
When fact-checkers turn into censors, a power shift had to happen. If you want to know who wields power in a society, there’s ...
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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 ...