Meta Faces Backlash Over Decision To End Third-Party Fact-Checking Program

Meta employees criticized the company's decision to end third-party fact-checking services. The policy changes include lifting restrictions on certain topics and focusing enforcement on illegal content, sparking concerns among employees about misinformation and harmful discourse. Employees criticized Meta's decision to end fact-checking, citing concerns about undermining truth and compromising platform safety. Meta had been scaling back fact-checking efforts since 2023, scrapping an internal project during layoffs and ending its agreement with third-party fact checkers in January 2024.