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Meta scraps fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram

Phil Gayle
January 7, 2025

Social networking giant Meta is ending its fact-checking program. Originally set up to stop the spread of misinformation, users will now do most of the content moderation. Meta's move is aimed at pleasing new US President Donald Trump, says Joan Donovan, an expert on misinformation at Boston University.

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