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Fact-Checking Was Too Good for Facebook
The social network has given up on fact-checking. That’s a good thing.
Facebook and Instagram get rid of fact checkers
Meta is abandoning the use of independent fact checkers on Facebook and Instagram, replacing them with X-style "community notes" where commenting on the accuracy of posts is left to users.
Meta abandons fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in favor of Community Notes
Facebook, Instagram, and Threads are ditching third-party fact-checkers in favor of a Community Notes program inspired by X, according to an announcement penned by Meta’s new Trump-friendly policy chief Joel Kaplan. Meta is also moving its trust and safety teams from California to Texas.
Meta is changing how content is managed on Facebook, Instagram, Threads
Major changes are coming to how content is managed on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced moves on Tuesday that he said will reduce mistakes by the company and allow for more free expression.
Facebook-hired fact-checker responds to being fired by Zuckerberg
Meta’s surprise decision to scrap its fact-checking partnerships blindsided journalists involved in the program, putting some out of work. Alan Duke, a former CNN journalist who runs a fact-checking organization hired by Facebook speaks to CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan about Meta’s new policy.
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,
Do Facts Meta on Facebook?
Today, we look at why Meta is bringing to an end the use of independent fact-checkers on Facebook and Instagram - and replacing them with ‘community notes’. In a video posted online Mark Zuckerberg said third-party moderators were "too politically biased" and it was "time to get back to our roots around free expression".

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Facebook Is Done Pretending
The social network has given up on fact-checking. That’s a good thing.