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Babylon Bee reacts to Meta’s sweeping changes after years of being targeted by fact-checkers Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon shared why he thinks fact-checkers targeted the Christian satire news website over the years and why he’s hopeful after Meta announced they’d be dropping their fact-checking program. 
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Meta fact-checkers set to lose revenue, may shut down after Zuckerberg’s pivot: ‘We don’t have much time left’

Fact-checkers say they were “blindsided” after Facebook’s parent company Meta announced it would be changing policies and terminating contracts. Meta previously dove into using fact-checking efforts to combat what it determined was “misinformation” and touted building the “largest global fact-checking network of any platform” back in 2023. But, with President-elect Donald Trump triumphantly returning to the White House in one week, the company h…

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'Blindsided' fact-checkers may go out of business after Zuckerberg’s pivot due to lost revenue · American Wire News

A network of fact-checkers is set to lose a major source of revenue and may even close shop after Facebook parent company Meta announced it would terminate their contracts and move towards a system closer to X’s Community Notes. “We don’t have much time left. At this rate, we are done in a few months,” Check Your Fact managing editor, Jesse Stiller, told Fox News Digital. “We were blindsided by this. This was totally unexpected and out of left f…

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Meta fact-checkers set to lose revenue, may shut down after Zuckerberg’s pivot: ‘We don’t have much time left’ – Democratic Accent

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Meta fact-checkers set to lose revenue, may shut down after Zuckerberg’s pivot: ‘We don’t have much time left’ - Daily news Update

Meta’s abrupt pivot away from paid third-party fact-checkers has left these controversial “watchdogs” scrambling to stay afloat. Key Facts: – On January 7, 2025, Meta announced it would abandon its fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram.
– Check Your Fact, PolitiFact, and others depended heavily on Meta’s funding to operate.
– Critics say these fact-checkers practiced political bias by cherry-picking what to examine.
– Meta’s new approa…

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Fact Checkers Preparing For Layoffs, Bankruptcy as Meta Withdraws Support

A network of fact-checkers is set to lose a major source of revenue and may even close shop after Facebook parent company Meta announced it would terminate their contracts and move towards a system closer to X's Community Notes."We don't have much time left. At this rate, we are done in a few months," Check Your Fact managing editor, Jesse Stiller, told Fox News Digital."We were blindsided by this. This was totally unexpected and out of left fie…

Meta fact-checkers set to lose revenue, may shut down after Zuckerberg’s pivot: ‘We don’t have much time left’

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