Meta Ends Fact-Checking on Facebook, Instagram in Free-Speech Pitch
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Fears for UK boomer radicalisation on Facebook after Meta drops factcheckers
For middle-aged users, it will be ‘even harder to discern the truth’ among extremist content, expert says. Experts fear the decision by Meta to drop professional factcheckers from Facebook will ...The Guardian - 13h -
Biden calls Meta’s decision to drop factchecking ‘really shameful’
The president strongly criticized Meta’s decision to replace factchecking department with community notes. Joe Biden has pushed back on Meta chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to ...The Guardian - 1d -
Biden: Zuckerberg's decision to end Meta fact-checking is 'really shameful'
Outgoing President Biden weighed in on CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to end the fact-checking programs on Meta's platforms, calling it a “really shameful” choice since “telling the truth ...The Hill - 1d -
Biden Calls Meta’s Ending of Fact-Checking Program ‘Shameful’
Responding to a question from a reporter, the president said he believed Americans “want to tell the truth.”The New York Times - 2d -
Biden calls Meta's decision to end fact-checking 'really shameful'
President Joe Biden slammed Meta’s decision to end its fact-checking program, calling the announcement from Mark Zuckerberg “really shameful.”NBC News - 2d -
Meta ends diversity programs, joining McDonald's, Walmart and others
Meta confirms Axios report that the company is is axing its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, including for hiring and training.CBS News - 2d -
Meta announces end of DEI programs. Read the internal memo
Meta says it plans to end a number of internal DEI programs, designed to increase the company's hiring of diverse candidates.CNBC - 2d -
Meta to end programs aimed at diversifying workforce
Meta on Friday told employees that its plans to end a number of internal programs designed to increase the company’s hiring of diverse candidates, the latest dramatic change ahead of ...NBC News - 2d -
Mark Zuckerberg’s end to Meta factchecking is a desperate play for engagement
As factchecking attempts end, Meta’s platforms will become a wasteland of fake news and misinformation. Mark Zuckerberg craves one metric more than any other: engagement, the statistic that ...The Guardian - 2d -
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.ABC News - 2d -
Will Meta’s Plan to End Fact Checking Work Politically?
Meta’s plan to end its fact-checking program shows how business leaders are shifting their priorities to adapt to another Trump administration.The New York Times - 2d -
Meta never cared about factchecking. What it wants is friction-free oligarchy
The company’s plan to end its factchecking program is about appeasing Trump. That signals the making of a mafia state. This week Meta announced the elimination of its factchecking program in ...The Guardian - 2d -
Meta tries letting Facebook Marketplace users view eBay listings as way to resolve EU charges
Meta says it will allow some Facebook users to view eBay listings on its Marketplace serviceABC News - 4d -
Meta’s factchecking partners brace for layoffs
Meta has provided over $100m for certified organizations to conduct factchecks on its platforms since 2016. Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to end factchecking on Facebook and Instagram in the US ...The Guardian - 4d -
EBay shares soar after Meta allows listings on Facebook Marketplace in U.S., Europe
Shares of eBay soared Wednesday as Meta announced it will allow some listings to show up on Facebook Marketplace in Germany, France and the United States.CNBC - 4d -
‘Dispiriting’: factchecker reacts to Meta’s move to scrap role
Mark Zuckerberg accused fact-checkers in US of making biased decisions. • Meta scraps factcheckers . The Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday his company, Meta, would be ...The Guardian - 4d -
How Meta's new community notes program might work as fact-checking ends for Facebook, Instagram
Meta is ending fact-checking on its platforms and moving to a community notes-style program like the one found on X. CBS News Confirmed executive producer Melissa Mahtani has more on what the new ...CBS News - 4d -
Meta scrapped factcheckers ‘because systems were too complex’
Comments by co-chair of oversight board Helle Thorning-Schmidt come as X CEO welcomes rival’s move. The co-chair of Meta’s oversight board said the company’s systems had become “too complex”, as ...The Guardian - 4d -
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 ...The New York Times - 5d -
Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact checkers and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. President-elect Trump and his conservative allies said they were pleased.The New York Times - 5d -
Meta to end fact-checking on its platforms
Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that Meta is ending its fact-checking program for its platforms, which include Instagram and Facebook. President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he believed the ...CBS News - 5d -
Meta goes ‘MAGA’: Facebook adjusts fact-checking approach as Zuckerberg touts ‘free expression’ and cites ‘cultural tipping point’
“We’re going to work with President[-elect] Trump to push back on governments around the world that are going after American companies and pushing to censor more,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said.MarketWatch - 5d -
Wednesday Briefing: Meta Set to End Fact-Checking
Plus, 52 places to go this yearThe New York Times - 5d -
Why did Mark Zuckerberg end Facebook and Instagram’s factchecking program?
The social media giant enters a more partisan political era as its CEO pursues Donald Trump’s approval. Meta is shifting to the right, following the prevailing political winds blowing through the ...The Guardian - 5d -
Do Facts Meta on Facebook?
Mark Zuckerberg removes fact-checking on his platforms.BBC News - 5d -
Ditching of Facebook factcheckers a ‘major step back’ for public discourse, critics say
Mark Zuckerberg’s decision regarding Meta platforms condemned as ‘a full bending of the knee’ to Donald Trump. Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to ditch factcheckers on Facebook and “prioritise free ...The Guardian - 5d -
Trump says Meta has 'come a long way' after it ends fact-checking program
President-elect Trump on Tuesday said that social media giant Meta has progressed as a company after it announced that it would eliminate its fact-checking program. “Honestly, I think they’ve come ...The Hill - 5d -
Facebook and Instagram get rid of fact checkers
Meta says its platforms will instead rely on "community notes" from its users, an approach pioneered by X.BBC News - 5d -
Meta to end fact-checking and move to community monitoring
Meta is overhauling its fact-checking programs, ending the current system and adopting a "community notes" style of content moderation, similar to what is used on X. This will apply to posts on ...CBS News - 5d -
Meta ends third-party fact-checking scheme as it prepares for return of Trump
Facebook owner to copy community notes pioneered by Elon Musk’s XFinancial Times - 5d -
Meta to end fact-checking, replacing it with system similar to Musk's X
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg cites "cultural tipping point" of election in making major changes to practices.CBS News - 5d -
Mark Zuckerberg announces end of fact-checking program for Meta
Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a video that its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, will no longer implement a fact-checking policy, instead relying on community notes similar to ...NBC News - 5d -
Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content
Mark Zuckerberg says company will ‘dramatically reduce censorship’ across Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Meta will get rid of factcheckers, “dramatically reduce the amount of censorship” and ...The Guardian - 5d -
Meta ending fact-checking program: Zuckerberg
Social media giant Meta announced a series of changes to its content moderation policies Tuesday, including the elimination of its fact-checking program, in what CEO Mark Zuckerberg said was an ...The Hill - 5d -
Meta will end its fact-checking policy in favor of community notes
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company will be ending its policy of fact-checking with trusted partners and replacing the program with a community-driven system similar to Community Notes ...NBC News - 5d -
Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a 'community notes' system similar to X
Meta is scrapping its fact-checking program with trusted partners and replacing it with a community-driven system similar to X’s Community Notes, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said.NBC News - 5d -
UFC boss to join board of Facebook owner Meta
It comes days after former UK deputy PM Sir Nick Clegg left his top job at the social media giant.BBC News - 6d -
Meta is killing off its own AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles
Instagram profile of ‘proud Black queer momma’, created by Meta, said her development team included no Black people. Meta is deleting Facebook and Instagram profiles of AI characters the company ...The Guardian - Jan. 3 -
Facebook and Instagram Ads Push Gun Silencers Disguised as Car Parts
A network of Facebook pages has been advertising “fuel filters” that are actually meant to be used as silencers, which are heavily regulated by US law. Even US military officials are concerned.Wired - Jan. 3
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