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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.

Via NY Times

January 7, 2025

• https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/07/business/meta-fact-checking?unlocked_article_code=1.nU4.F51z.ummudnnTmVst&smid=url-share

Meta ends fact checks, will adopt X-style ‘community notes’ in Trump era

Via The Washington Post

January 7, 2025

• https://wapo.st/4h223hP

More on Fact Checking @GreenPolicy370 - "Facts Count":

• https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Fact_Checking,_Facts_Count
• https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Fact_Checking
• https://greenpolicy360.net/w/Disinformation_-_Online_-_Dangerous
• https://greenpolicy360.net/w/In_Defense_of_Democracy_and_Freedom

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