Meta Eliminates Fact-Checking Program Citing "Political Bias" After Trump Pressure
Zuckerberg announces end of third-party fact-checking on Facebook/Instagram, adopting X-style community notes, calling Trump election “cultural tipping point” for free speech
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- Meta ends fact-checking program (2025-01-07)
- Meta gets rid of fact checkers (2025-01-07)
- Meta eliminates fact-checking in nod to Trump (2025-01-07)
- Meta moves to end fact-checking program in shift before Trump term (2025-01-07)
- Global divide on misinformation deepens as Meta scraps U.S. fact-checking (2025-01-08)
- Meta ends fact checks as it prepares for Trump era (2025-01-07)
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