Media Type ABC Australia

Meta scraps fact-checking on platforms ahead of Trump presidency

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta has announced it would be effectively ending its fact-checking program across its social media apps. The company's platforms will now rely on users to add notes to posts that may contain false or misleading information, similar to the process used by X. GUEST: Nicole Gill, Co-founder and Executive Director of Accountable Tech

After Trump’s election win, Meta is firing fact checkers and making big changes

The Accountable Tech lobby group said Meta was "re-opening the floodgates to the exact same surge of hate, disinformation and conspiracy theories that caused January 6th".