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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Evans

Meta oversight board members say losing fact-checking could undermine public trust

Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Meta will get rid of its fact-checkers - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Two members of Meta’s independent Oversight Board have warned that misinformation will “undermine public trust”, after the social media giant announced it is planning to ditch fact-checkers.

Alan Rusbridger, Independent collumnist and former editor of The Guardian, and novelist Khaled Mansour have stressed that the impact on the credibility of sites such as Facebook could be “exorbitant” and could lead to wide civil disturbance.

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