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By rejecting truth, Meta is imperiling public safety in the Global South

The recent decision to end independent fact-checking on Instagram and Facebook could fuel global disinformation and exacerbate violence, especially in vulnerable regions.

Heads of the world's largest tech companies at President Donald Trump's inauguration suggest Silicon Valley's policies align closely with the US administration's, including the removal of independent fact-checking (Reuters/Saul Loeb). Indeed, Zuckerberg joined Tesla's Elon Musk, OpenAI's Sam Altman, Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Apple's Tim Cook in their obsequious attendance at Donald Trump's inauguration. Francs Haugen, ex-Facebook manager and whistleblower behind the Facebook papers stated one of her core motivations was how badly the platform was handling the stem of harmful information and calls for violence during Ethiopia's civil war.

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