MarketWatch18d
Meta goes ‘MAGA’: Facebook adjusts fact-checking approach as Zuckerberg touts ‘free expression’ and cites ‘cultural tipping point’
Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. is replacing fact checking on the platform with a feature called Community Notes, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday in rolling out a raft of ...
The Motley Fool19d
Meta Platforms Is Ending Its Fact-Checking Program. That Could Be Risky for the Stock
Zuckerberg says that in the absence of a third-party fact-checking program, users will be able to effectively regulate the platform themselves using a "community notes" system. If you use X ...
Scientific American20d
Does Fact-Checking Work? Here’s What the Science Says
“Studies provide very consistent evidence that fact-checking does at least partially reduce misperceptions about false claims.” For example, a 2019 meta-analysis of the effectiveness of fact ...
The Hill20d
Meta’s fact-checking changes stoke disinformation concerns
The end of fact-checking at Meta is raising fresh concerns its platforms will become a hotbed of disinformation as the network hands over the policing of content to users. The move, coupled with ...
dw21d
Fact check: Viral claims on California wildfires
DW’s Team Fact check analyzed the most viral claims. Donald Trump's accusations that California Governor Gavin Newsom is responsible for the alleged shortage of water for battling the wildfires ...
CNN22d
Soon to be out of a job, Meta’s fact-checkers battle a blaze of wildfire conspiracy theories
Just hours after Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg announced last Tuesday that the social media giant would eliminate its US-based fact-checkers, the iconic hills above Los Angeles began to smolder.
The New Yorker24d
What’s a Fact, Anyway?
In the United States, for example, the erosion of trust in journalism ... Networks such as NBC and the BBC have launched units dedicated to fact-checking what other people say—as opposed to ...
Newsweek24d
Meta's 'Fact-Checking' Decision Is a Win for All Americans | Opinion
They see his decision to end Meta's third-party "fact-checking" program as just the latest example of cynical big-business types trying to make peace with president-elect Donald Trump because they ...
ABC News25d
Could Meta ending fact-checking lead to rise in health misinformation?
During the COVID-19 pandemic, millions were exposed to a deluge of information including news, research, public health guidance and fact sheets, which the World Health Organization referred to as ...
Al Jazeera English25d
Meta, Facebook to drop fact-checkers: What does this mean for social media?
Among the changes, Meta’s use of fact-checking organisations will end ... It found that 209 out of 283 “misleading” posts in its sample were not being shown to all X users – “equivalent ...
Canada25d
Fact Sheets and Other Resources
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Politifact26d
Meta breaks up with fact-checkers. Here’s how it affects PolitiFact.
"The fact-checkers have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they have created, especially in the U.S.," he said. He offered no examples or data. Joel Kaplan ...