Facebook Fact-Checkers freak out. Call emergency meeting after Zuckerberg pulls funding.
(Disclaimer: I don’t believe anything Motherzucker says so I’m convinced this is bullshit liberal political posturing, but it's hilarious to see the "fact-checkers" get triggered.)
Far-Left fact-checking outfits are in full-blown panic mode after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday that Facebook will drop its current fact-checking system, thereby cutting off funding for the partisan organizations.
The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), which includes signatories like PolitiFact and MediaWise, called an emergency meeting “specifically” over Zuckerberg’s announcement, a Business Insider report revealed.
“This program has been a major part of the global fact-checking community’s work for years,” IFCN’s director Angie Holan said. “People are upset because they saw themselves as partners in good standing with Meta, doing important work to make the platform more accurate and reliable.”
One PolitiFact employee said they “found out this morning at the same time as everyone else” about Zuckerberg dropping the partnership.
Zuckerberg said in a video posted Tuesday that Meta will no longer work with third-party fact-checkers, will end restrictions on topics like gender and immigration, and scale back filters that censored people for innocuous posts. The CEO added that Meta would focus on ensuring free expression, saying that the recent election seemed like a “cultural tipping point.”
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