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What’s a Fact, Anyway?
Checkers are not infallible, and their successes are mostly due to hard work and creativity. What is truly extraordinary ...
Biden slams Meta’s decision to get rid of fact-checking in wide-ranging Q-and-A with reporters
President Joe Biden said Friday that Meta’s decision to get rid of fact checkers and replace them with user-generated ...
Fact-Checking Was Too Good for Facebook
The social network has given up on fact-checking. That’s a good thing.
Fact Check: Is Hollywood Sign on Fire Right Now?
After yet another fire broke out in Los Angeles, images circulating on social media suggested the iconic landmark had gone up ...
No more fact-checking for Meta. How will this change media — and the pursuit of truth?
The late New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan put it this way decades ago: “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not ...
Sorting fact from fiction on the LA fires: Looting, Biden visit, cause, Hollywood sign
There is also no evidence that directed energy weapons started the wildfires in Los Angeles. The causes of the fires – ...
71 organizations and counting have signed a letter warning Mark Zuckerberg about ending fact-checking on Meta in the US
The International Fact-Checking Network proposed crowdsourcing in conjunction with professionals, a "new model." ...
What the end of Meta's fact-checking could mean for health, medical misinformation
Meta announced this week it was ending third-party fact-checking and moving towards community notes. Some experts fear it ...