Posted inMeta Platforms Inc PolitiFact.com Rumors and Misinformation Social Media Mark Zuckerberg Says Meta Fact-Checkers Were the Problem. Fact-Checkers Rule That False. Fact-checking groups that worked with Meta said they had no role in deciding what the company did with the content that was fact-checked. Posted by By Stuart A. Thompson
Posted inClegg, Nick Freedom of Speech and Expression Kaplan, Joel D Lobbying and Lobbyists Meta Platforms Inc Republican Party Who Is Joel Kaplan, Meta’s New Global Policy Chief? The longtime Republican lobbyist for Meta was named to the company’s top policy role last week. Posted by By Cecilia Kang
Posted inCensorship Meta Platforms Inc Social Media X (Formerly Twitter) Meta Turns to Community Notes, Mirroring X Social media companies are abandoning years of fact-checking practices as Republicans criticize it as censorship. Posted by By Kate Conger
Posted inConservatism (US Politics) Facebook Inc Meta Platforms Inc News and News Media Social Media Zuckerberg, Mark E Meta Moves to End Fact-Checking Program The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact checkers and instead rely on users to add notes or corrections to posts. It is likely to please the Trump administration. Posted by By Theodore Schleifer and Mike Isaac