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Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other services has announced it will discontinue its third-party factchecking programmes, starting in the US. Journalists and anti-hate speech activists have criticised the decision as an attempt to curry favour with the incoming US president, Donald Trump, but there could be…

Staffers say Meta is in "total chaos" following the changes announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's surprise announcement this week to slash content moderation policies in the United States has sparked alarm in countries such as Australia and Brazil.

It’s the latest company to step back from dangerous alliances with political factions.

Google, Meta, Microsoft and Opera have already joined the Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers initiative.

The company’s plan to end its factchecking program is about appeasing Trump. That signals the making of a mafia state

There will be "real-world harm" if Meta expands its decision to scrap fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram, a global network warned while disputing Mark Zuckerberg's claim such moderation amounts to censorship.

President Trump discusses meetings with Putin and Xi, expresses interest in Greenland, and comments on Meta's policy change.

Meta’s decision this week to abandon its fact-checking programme, starting from the US, has reportedly triggered alarm bells among several fact-checking organisations. That the move comes as a response to the politics of the new regime in the US has also been apparent.