‘The Closure of Meta’s US Fact-Checking Programme Is a Major Setback in the Fight Against Disinformation’

‘The Closure of Meta’s US Fact-Checking Programme Is a Major Setback in the Fight Against Disinformation’

CIVICUS speaks with Olivia Sohr about the challenges of disinformation and the consequences of the closure of Meta’s fact-checking programme in the USA. Olivia is the Director of Impact and New Initiatives at Chequeado, an Argentine civil society organisation working since 2010 to improve the quality of public debate through fact-checking, combating disinformation, promoting …

Meta's Removal of Fact-Checking: Impact on Content Creators

At the inauguration of President Trump on January 20, prominent figures from the tech industry, including Elon Musk of Tesla, Tim Cook of Apple, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Sundar Pichai of Google, and Shou Chew of TikTok, gathered, highlighting the growing intersection of technology and politics.