Meta's fact-checking partners PolitiFact and FactCheck.org say they had no role in deciding what the company did with fact-checked content, denying Meta's claim
Fact-checking groups that worked with Meta said they had no role in deciding what the company did with the content that was fact-checked.
New York Times Stuart A. Thompson
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Discussion
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@eff.org
@eff.org
on bluesky
We applaud Meta's efforts to try to fix its over-censorship problem but will watch closely to make sure it is a good-faith effort and rolled out fairly and not merely a political maneuver to accommodate the upcoming U.S. administration change.
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@katestarbird
Kate Starbird
on bluesky
Fact-checking wasn't “biased” against conservatives. Conservatives just shared more false content. If there's a sportsball game and one team fouls four times as much, it's not “biased” for the ref to call four times as many fouls against that team. [embedded post]
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@donie
Donie O'Sullivan
on x
Meta fact-checkers respond to being unceremoniously fired by Mark Zuckerberg. Fact-checker @AlanDukeNews says in his years working with the company, Meta never complained about the supposed-bias Zuckerberg cited as a reason for firing them. [video]
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@realchrisrufo
Christopher F. Rufo
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They really wrote this and then published it. [image]
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r/politics
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Meta says factcheckers were the problem. Factcheckers ruled that false.
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r/technology
r
on reddit
Mark Zuckerberg Says Meta Fact-Checkers Were the Problem. Fact-Checkers Rule That False.
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r/inthenews
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Mark Zuckerberg Says Meta Fact-Checkers Were the Problem. Fact-Checkers Rule That False.
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r/economy
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Mark Zuckerberg Says Meta Fact-Checkers Were the Problem. Fact-Checkers Rule That False.
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@pranavdixit
@pranavdixit
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🚨 Scoop: Meta's US fact-checking partnerships will officially end in March, and payments to partners will continue through August. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... Plus: 👉The rollout of Community Notes is expected to take time. Meta will build and implement the system through…
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@davidgilbert
David Gilbert
on bluesky
An emergency meeting organized by the International Fact Checking Network is due to kick off shortly, after fact checking organizations were left “blindsided” by Meta's decision to end its partnership with them — www.wired.com/story/metas-...
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@katestarbird
Kate Starbird
on bluesky
This is extra-funny, since the fact-checkers often bent over backwards to not appear to be biased against conservatives. And also, because the “bias” isn't with the fact-checking, but with conservatives sharing more false/misleading content. bsky.app/profile/kate... [embedded p…
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@dell
Dell Cameron
on bluesky
Just thinking about the time I emailed Facebook's spox, Andy Stone, a copy of our newsroom's policy for communication professionals, and he immediately text another WIRED staffer asking them to violate it b/c he said they had a “good relationship.” [embedded post]
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@bevymart
@bevymart
on bluesky
There's political bias in fact checking only because most of the bullshit is coming from one party.
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@couts
Andrew Couts
on bluesky
NEW: The fact-check organizations that partnered with Meta are now scrambling to figure out if they can survive this morning's rug-pull. @davidgilbert.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/metas-...
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@matthewfacciani
Matthew Facciani
on threads
“Facts are not censorship. Fact-checkers never censored anything. And Meta always held the cards. It's time to quit invoking inflammatory and false language in describing the role of journalists and fact-checking.” https://www.wired.com/...
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@pranavdixit
@pranavdixit
on x
🚨Scoop: The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) has convened an emergency meeting of its members tomorrow following Meta's announcement that it will end its third-party fact-checking partnerships in the US. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
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Meta's Fact-Checking Partners Say They Were ‘Blindsided’ by Decision to Axe Them
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Meta's Fact-Checking Partners Say They Were ‘Blindsided’ by Decision to Axe Them