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.
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 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,
Meta Ends Fact-Checking on Facebook, Instagram in Free-Speech Pitch
CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who has been building ties with the incoming Trump administration, said the move was an attempt to restore free expression on its platforms.
Meta to scrap fact checking system, Zuckerberg vows to 'return to roots' of free speech
Meta is eliminating fact-checkers in a move founder Mark Zuckerberg said will make free speech a priority on its social media platforms — including Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp — and align the multinational tech giant with a political tilt to the right with the recent election of Donald Trump.
Meta to phase back in political content on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Meta today explained how it would make changes to political content in users’ feeds, saying that it would take a ‘more personalized approach’ going forward. For starters, it would take ‘civic content’ from people and Pages you follow on Facebook and treat it more like any other content in your feed — meaning ranking it and displaying based on both explicit and implicit signals,
Meta cites political bias in move to suspend fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the 2016 policy led to excessive censorship and the platforms will adopt new, user-based content monitoring.
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 ...
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." ...
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 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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Here's why Meta ended fact-checking, according to experts
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, announced plans Tuesday to replace fact-checkers with a user-based system known as ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...