[DECODED] What Meta’s decision is all about

It has been a week since Meta Platforms dropped the bombshell that it is ending its fact-checking program in the United States. Mark Zuckerberg blamed fact-checkers, saying that “they have destroyed more trust than they’ve created.”

Journalists and fact-checkers have denounced the move. How could we not? It came as a surprise even to the International Fact-Checking Network, which ensures fact-checkers around the world adhere to rigorous standards of accuracy, transparency, and impartiality.