Meta's fact-checking partners, including USA Today, say they were blindsided by Meta's decision to drop them and reject claims of being “too politically biased”
www.wired.com/story/metas-... Kate Starbird / @katestarbird : 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 post] Dell Cameron / @dell : 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] @bevymart : There's political bias in fact checking only because most of the bullshit is coming from one party. Andrew Couts / @couts : 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-... Threads: Matthew Facciani / @matthewfacciani : “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/... X: @pranavdixit : 🚨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/ ... LinkedIn: Niall Breslin : I'm sorry, what kind of Orwellian shit show are we now living in. Since when were “facts” biased? — Anyone else thinking it's time to leave the social media world ? … Forums: r/technology : Meta's Fact-Checking Partners Say They Were ‘Blindsided’ by Decision to Axe Them r/technews : Meta's Fact-Checking Partners Say They Were ‘Blindsided’ by Decision to Axe Them See also Mediagazer
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-...
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…
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]
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-...
“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/...
🚨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/ ...