Zuckerberg nixes ‘politically biased’ factchecking

Facebook’s parent company will replace the program with Musk-inspired ‘community notes’ in the US

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads, announced on Tuesday that it will discontinue its controversial third-party fact-checking program in the US. In a video address, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has admitted the services were “too politically biased” and “have destroyed more trust than they’ve created.”

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