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Why Meta’s fact-checking retreat can hit some communities harder
Countries where language diversity and political fault lines can fuel polarisation are at great risk if the policy is scrapped globally.
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Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced on Jan 7 that it was replacing professional fact-checkers with mechanisms like X’s Community Notes.
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Taberez Ahmed Neyazi
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It’s a dangerous gamble with the truth that mirrors the unsettling tenor of today’s political climate.
Meta’s abrupt decision to end its third-party fact-checking programme in the United States signals a disturbing retreat from responsibility, dressed up as a shift towards “community-driven” moderation.
