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Disinformation experts slam Meta decision to end US fact-checking
By Agence France-Presse
Jan 08, 2025 10:20 am

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tech giant Meta's shock announcement that it is ending its US fact-checking program triggered scathing criticism Tuesday from disinformation researchers who warned it risked opening the floodgates for false narratives.

Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced the company was going to 'get rid' of its third-party fact-checkers in the United States, in a sweeping policy shift that analysts saw as an attempt to appease US President-elect Donald Trump.

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