The dramatic shift by Meta does not bode well for the fight against the spread of misinformation and disinformation online.

Fact-checking and disinformation research have long been contentious issues in the US, particularly in the hyperpolarised ...

Meta’s actions would lead to a “world without facts” and “that’s a world that’s right for a dictator”, Ms Ressa warned. Read ...

The Meta boss claims there is “too much censorship” on its platforms due to “politically biased” fact-checkers ...

Ressa and the Rappler news site she co-founded have spent years fighting online disinformation while battling court cases ...

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Meta, on Tuesday released a video explaining this move, using some of the language that ...

Meta will end its third-party fact-checking program in the US, opting for a community notes model to align more with Trump's ...