Fact Checking Day 2026: Fact Checking Matters More Than Ever In The U.S.

We agree with some very prominent people. Here's our proposal... Fact Checking Day on April 2, 2026 marks almost a year since ...
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Meta announces it will officially end fact-checking across its US platforms

In a move that follows through on the company's previous commitment announced in January, Meta is set to officially end its third-party fact-checking on its U.S. platforms on Monday, April 7. The ...
KHQ

Meta watchdog says grassroots fact checks risk harm to users

The body created by Facebook to review content moderation decisions warned Thursday that user-generated fact-checks could harm people living under repression or conflict if they are introduced ...
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies

State of the Fact-Checkers: Audiences grow as finances worsen

A new IFCN report finds fact-checking organizations cut staff and relied more heavily on grants as financial pressure mounted ...
Campaign Asia

Ahead of Trump's second-term, Meta to scrap fact checking on Facebook and Instagram

Less than two weeks before Donald Trump is reinstated as US president, Meta announced it is scrapping its fact-checking programme and limiting discussions around contentious topics such as immigration ...
NBC News

Some Meta employees criticize Zuckerberg decisions to end fact-checking, add Dana White to board

Meta employees took to their internal forum Tuesday, criticizing the company’s decision to end third-party fact-checking on its services two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
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Meta Abandoning Fact-Checking For Community Notes, X Reacts

Meta’s newly appointed Chief of Global Affairs, Joel Kaplan, a prominent Republican, supports him. He adds that Meta’s relationship with third-party fact-checkers was “well-intentioned at the outset, ...