Paris: Internet giant Meta’s fact-checking programme aims to counter false information on its social platforms — Facebook, Instagram and Threads — with the help of media organisations, including AFP. Here is a guide to how it works, following Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement on January 6…
Global Network Warns Of “Real World Harm” If Meta Ends Fact-Checking
Washington: There will be “real-world harm” if Meta expands its decision to scrap fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram, a global network warned Thursday while disputing Mark Zuckerberg’s claim such moderation amounts to censorship. Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s surprise announcement this week to slash content…
“Billionaire Jealousy”? Zuckerberg’s Shock Trump Pivot, In Line With Elon Musk
The clean cut hair has grown, his college kid’s hoodie is now a gold chain, and his politics have swerved hard right. Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Facebook and Instagram, on Tuesday accused governments and so-called legacy media of pushing censorship, and vowed to take his…
As Meta Ditches Fact-Checking, Here’s How Zuckerberg Bends Knee To Trump
Meta’s decision to abandon its fact-checking program and adopt a crowdsourced model emphasising “free expression” has sparked intense debate about its implications for misinformation and hate speech online. This profound shift in content moderation comes less than two weeks before Donald Trump’s reinstatement as President and…