Report: Meta's fact checking program failed to spot most disinformation
Meta, precursing a wave of new "free speech" policies across its platforms, is disbanding its disinformation-spotting fact ...
Poynter1d
In America’s news deserts, Meta’s retreat from fact-checking severs a last link to fact-based news
Meta's policy reversal and increase in political content could mean more misinformation for communities lacking local news ...
USA Today8d
Meta Platforms is ending its fact-checking program. That could be risky for the stock
Last week, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) said that it is shutting down the third-party fact-checking programs on its social ...
How Meta’s Removal Of Fact-Checking Impacts Content Creators
Explore how tech giant, Meta, navigates policies under Trump’s administration, redefining trust and the future of the creator economy.
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‘The Closure of Meta’s US Fact-Checking Programme Is a Major Setback in the Fight Against Disinformation’
CIVICUS speaks with Olivia Sohr about the challenges of disinformation and the consequences of the closure of Meta’s ...
Meta’s fact-checking changes stoke disinformation concerns
The end of fact-checking at Meta is raising fresh concerns its platforms will become a hotbed of disinformation as the ...
Movieguide4d
Love It or Hate It, Meta Ditched Fact-Checking. What It Means for You
Meta is making some positive changes this New Year. CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that the social media ...
Psychology Today3d
Has Meta’s Fact-Checking Exit Put Truth at Risk?
The deeper concern with Meta’s decision is that it risks feeding into this dangerous cynicism about truth and fact. For it ...
News Navigator: Will Meta's fact-checking function for Facebook also be eliminated in Japan?
The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about social media operator Meta's plan to eliminate its ...
Why Meta’s fact-checking removal could harm democracy and public trust
Staff Writer Tanner Block argues that Meta's decision to remove fact-checking programs will promote misinformation and enable ...
Meta killed outside fact-checking solely to placate Donald Trump
The change is best understood not as the product of reconsidered principles but as a political message with an audience of ...
Opinion
Meta’s Decision to End Fact-Checking Could Have Disastrous Consequences
What happens on Meta’s platforms is more than just a matter of company policy. The prevalence of false information on social media and the ease with which it can proliferate have helped fuel division ...