Meta scrapped its fact-checking program in US. (File photo) Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with US President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Friday, Semafor news website reported, citing a source familiar with the matter. Meta and Trump’s transition team did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. The US tech giant on Friday … Read more
Washington: US President Joe Biden on Friday condemned tech giant Meta’s “shameful” decision to end its third-party fact-checking program in the United States. “I think it’s really shameful,” Biden told reporters at the White House when asked about the announcement. “Telling the truth matters.” Biden added: “You think it doesn’t matter that they let be … Read more
Washington: The White House on Friday refused to comment on tech giant Meta’s shock announcement earlier this week that it was ending its third-party fact-checking program in the United States. “When any corporation or company makes a decision… we just are not going to comment,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. “So I’m … Read more
Washington: Meta Platforms is ending its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, including those for hiring, training and picking suppliers, it said in a memo to employees posted on an internal company forum on Friday. The move comes in the run-up to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, as the company attempts to mend relations with … Read more
A look at DEI’s impact on businesses and education A look at DEI’s impact on businesses and education 06:51 Meta is ending its key diversity, equity and inclusion programs, joining other corporate giants like Ford, McDonald’s and Walmart that have pulled the plug on their DEI initiatives. Meta’s move comes three days after the technology company … Read more
Mark Zuckerberg set the internet abuzz this week when the Meta CEO announced that the tech giant would no longer conduct independent fact-checking. The program, implemented in 2016, will be replaced with Meta’s own version of Community Notes, a crowdsourced approach to reviewing online content employed by X, the social media platform previously known as … Read more
Washington: There will be “real-world harm” if Meta expands its decision to scrap fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram, a global network warned Thursday while disputing Mark Zuckerberg’s claim such moderation amounts to censorship. Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s surprise announcement this week to slash content moderation policies in the United States has sparked alarm … Read more
Washington, United States: Tech giant Meta has rolled back restrictions around topics such as gender and sexual identity, a sweeping move advocacy groups fear will fuel hate speech. The change coincides with the company’s shock announcement on Tuesday that it was ending its third-party fact-checking program in the United States and adopting a crowd-sourced model … Read more
Meta’s fact-checking partners are rebutting Mark Zuckerberg’s suggestion on Tuesday that their work is tantamount to censorship. In announcing the social media giant’s decision to end fact-checking in the U.S. on Facebook, Instagram and other Meta platforms, Zuckerberg said the move would “dramatically reduce the amount of censorship on our platforms.” In a Facebook post explaining … Read more
Meta says it’s ending its fact-checking program and replacing it with a community-driven system – CBS News Watch CBS News Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that the social media company is getting rid of its fact-checking program. Instead, it will rely on a community-driven system where users correct inaccurate posts. Be the … Read more