Meta fact-checkers call an emergency meeting after Mark Zuckerberg pulls the plug

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• Meta ends US fact-checking partnerships and shifts to crowdsourced moderation tools.
• An international fact-checking network called an emergency meeting after the announcement.
• Meta's decision impacts the financial sustainability of fact-checking organizations.

The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) has convened an emergency meeting of its members following Meta's announcement on Tuesday that it will end its third-party...