US EditionBiden blasts 'shameful' Meta decision to scrap US fact-checking
- US President Joe Biden criticized Meta for ending fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram, calling the decision 'really shameful' and contrary to American values.
- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the shift to user-generated community notes, raising concerns about misinformation and real-world harm from the International Fact-Checking Network.
- The International Fact-Checking Network warned that stopping fact-checking worldwide could lead to political instability and violence in vulnerable countries.
- Meta's Oversight Board co-chair Michael McConnell expressed concerns over the timing of the decision, suggesting it appears to be influenced by political pressures related to President-elect Donald Trump.
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In an open letter to the public in early 2025, Joel Kaplan, Meta’s chief global affairs officer, said that because of free expression, “all the good, bad, and ugly is on display.” This is how he began his statement on their decision to remove third-party fact-checkers from Facebook. They said they started using fact-checking in 2016 due to “societal and political pressure to moderate content,” and over the past nine years, they have used complex…
In this area, there is still much to be done, and not just in Brazil. The decision of Meta - owner of Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp - to abandon its fact-checking program, announced last week by Mark Zuckerberg, reinforced fears among experts that hate speech and disinformation proliferate even more on these platforms. Freedom of expression is a sacred value in a democracy, but its polysemy in political discourse opens up dangerous o…
Biden Calls Meta's Decision To End Fact-Checking Program "Really Shameful" - Nemos News Network
Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, President Joe Biden has shared his disapproval at Meta’s decision to do away with its current social media fact-checking program. This week Meta, which owns the Facebook and Instagram social media platforms, announced it would stop using its third-party fact-checking program for U.S.-based content review purposes. Meta […]
Meta’s decision to end his data verification program seems to indicate that the company is “leaving” to political pressure, said Co-Chair of Meta’s supervisory board, Michael McConnell. McConnell, a law professor at Stanford University, told NPR on Friday that he would have liked to see changes made during “less controversial and partisan moments to be considered on their merits rather than seeming like Donald Trump is president and now they’re …
Biden Blasts Meta's "Shameful" Decision To Drop Fact-Checking
The outgoing US president called Meta’s decision to drop its controversial third-party fact-checking program “really shameful” and “contrary to American justice” Joe Biden attacked Meta stating that the move was “completely contrary to what America [...] The post Biden Blasts Meta’s “Shameful” Decision To Drop Fact-Checking appeared first on The People's Voice.
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