Live Updates: Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact-checkers on Facebook, Threads and Instagram and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. It is likely to please President-elect Trump and his allies.
Meta shelves fact-checking in policy reversal ahead of Trump administration
The changes will affect Facebook, Instagram and Threads, three of the world's biggest social media platforms with more than 3 billion users globally.
Meta shelves fact-checking program in US, adopts X-like 'Community Notes' model
Meta is ending its fact-checking program in the U.S. and replacing it with a "Community Notes" system similar to that on Elon Musk-owned X, the Facebook parent said on Tuesday. Francis Maguire reports.
Meta ends fact checks as it prepares for Trump era
Meta will dismantle its extensive fact-checking program, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday, ending a practice that has sought to limit the spread of falsehoods on its platforms but has been assailed as censorship in conservative circles.
Meta ditches fact-checking for community notes ahead of second Trump term
In a video posted to his Facebook page on Tuesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the platform is getting rid of its fact-checkers. "It's time to get back to our roots around free expression,
Meta Drops Fact-Checking Program Ahead Of Trump's White House Return, Company Says
Meta is dismantling its third-party fact-checking program in the U.S. and aims to bring back political content as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, the company said.Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the
Meta Is Set to End Fact-Checking Program, Will ‘Work With President Trump’ to Prevent Governments Going ‘After American Companies’
Social media is ripe with misinformation. That’s why Meta took measures to curb it back in 2016. That fact-checking program identified and addressed viral misinformation, in particular those that had no basis in fact and were started as hoaxes.
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