Menlo Park, January 9:슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that he will end fact-checking for슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Facebook and Instagram platforms. The decision reportedly affected fact-checking journalists in the United States, who began facing cuts슬롯 머신 사이트 추천in their organisations. Since 2016, the Zuckerberg-owned social media giant has provided over USD 100 million for outside organisations to conduct fact-checks on its platforms. These outside organisations were certified by the IFCN (International Fact-Checking Network).

Organisations doing fact-checks on platforms슬롯 머신 사이트 추천such as Instagram and Facebook gave ratings to the posts; if they were false, their reach would be reduced. These outside media firms also슬롯 머신 사이트 추천included슬롯 머신 사이트 추천some of the biggest names in the news industry, such as Reuters and USA Today, along with fact-checking슬롯 머신 사이트 추천websites like FaceCheck.org.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Meta Drops Fact-Checking Program: Australian PM Anthony Albanese Reiterates Social Media Responsibility After Facebook Abandons Fact-Checking.

According to a슬롯 머신 사이트 추천슬롯 머신 사이트 추천by슬롯 머신 사이트 추천The슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Guardian,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Meta listed 10 such partners for fact-checking in the슬롯 머신 사이트 추천US. Following Mark Zuckerberg's decision to end fact-checking, many of the partner organisations슬롯 머신 사이트 추천said that they were taking a "financial hit" and would prefer leading with fewer employees, confirming the layoffs.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천

Meta's fact-checking partner, Lead Stories, also confirmed that it would reduce some of its staff. Lead Stories co-founder Alan Duke said in an email that the슬롯 머신 사이트 추천company would witness a drop in revenue due to losing its contract슬롯 머신 사이트 추천with Meta. However, the company's슬롯 머신 사이트 추천80 employees슬롯 머신 사이트 추천work for TIkTok's parent company, ByteDance.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천

Check Your Fact's managing editor, Jesse Stiller, said the team was shocked by Meta's decision and also stated, "We are uncertain for the future."슬롯 머신 사이트 추천PolitiFact, AFP (Agence France-Presse), and many other fact-checking organisations that were partners with Mark Zuckerberg's company said they took a hard hit and would resort to layoffs to cut costs amid a potential drop in revenue in슬롯 머신 사이트 추천the future.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Meta Tries Letting Facebook Marketplace Users View EBay Listings as Way to Resolve European Union Charges.

Meta's partnership with these organisations슬롯 머신 사이트 추천for fact-checking would likely end, and슬롯 머신 사이트 추천they슬롯 머신 사이트 추천might struggle to get additional funding for their operations. Meta슬롯 머신 사이트 추천announced in 2022 that it had built "the largest global fact-checking network슬롯 머신 사이트 추천of any platform" and contributed over USD 100 million for these partners, along with USD 1 million in emergency grants.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천

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