In what was a tumultuous week of news for social media networks, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Meta will be shutting down its independent fact-checking program in order to cut down o ...

Given the size and global reach of their platforms, this is not just a blow against systematic and professional fact-checking online; it is a blow against the very idea of fact-checking—and that ...

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. is replacing fact checking on the platform with a ... a raft of changes that he said would “prioritiz[e] speech” and restore “free expression” on ...

Last week, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) said that it is shutting down the third-party fact-checking programs on its social media platforms. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg says that those ...

Google will not be adding fact checks to its search results or YouTube videos in Europe — a decision that flouts an EU law that requires tech giants to use fact checkers. Kent Walker, Google’s ...

Google rejects EU's fact-checking requirements for search and YouTube, defying new disinformation rules. Google refuses to implement EU-mandated fact-checking on its platforms. Google claims its ...

Their response? Google won’t be adding the checks. Google has never used fact-checking in its content moderation, despite the massive cultural dominance of its search results and YouTube videos ...

That trek to challenge online falsehoods and misinformation got a little harder this week, when Facebook’s parent company Meta announced plans to scrap the platform’s fact-checking programme ...

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He also said that “social media is giving up on fact-checking,” and that Americans are being inundated with misinformation. Here is a fact check of some of Biden’s factual claims in his speech.

Review and Outlook: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan address the company’s decision to abandon its censorship regime, by walking back most of the platform ...