What the end of Meta's fact-checking could mean for health, medical misinformation
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.
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 his own facts.”
Climate misinformation is getting a Meta boost
The real-world consequences of climate misinformation are multifold — and they’re about to get worse. That is the dark prediction experts are making following Meta’s announcement that the tech giant will no longer use fact-checkers to moderate content on its platforms,
Meta breaks up with fact-checkers. Here’s how it affects PolitiFact.
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. On Tuesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a five-minute video he was going to "get rid of fact-checkers" and replace them with a crowd-sourced model akin to Community Notes on X.
Meta’s Disinterest in Fact Checking Will Change the Internet
Mark Zuckerberg’s new edgy vibe has extended to shrugging off the need for independent Facebook and Instagram fact-checkers. But
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 ...
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." ...
Fact-checking criticism of California Democrats over fires
The US president-elect has criticised a top California Democrat for challenges fighting the blazes in Los Angeles.
Meta policy reversal puts question mark on future of fact-checking
Media outlets around the world have been left scratching their heads over the future of their fact-checking operations after ...
Meta Terminates DEI Programs after Ditching Fact-Checking Program to Protect Free Speech
The memo announcing the change cites the Supreme Court’s recent affirmative action decision as a motivating factor.
Fact-Checking Was Too Good for Facebook
The social network has given up on fact-checking. That’s a good thing.
Brazil gives Meta 72 hours to explain changes to fact-checking program
Brazil's government will give Meta until Monday to explain the program, Solicitor General Jorge Messias said on Friday.
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Facebook to ditch fact-checking: what do researchers think?
Meta’s planned shift away from third party fact-checking in favour of a crowdsourced approach has perplexed those who study ...
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 ...
Meta eliminates fact-checking in latest bow to Trump
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta says it’s scrapping its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with Community ...
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.