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Latin American Fact-Checkers Brace for Meta’s Next Moves
So far Meta has only abandoned fact-checking in the US. If and when it expands, the move will be a major blow to the Latin American news ecosystem.
However, for Laura Zommer, former director of Chequeado (one of the most important Spanish-speaking verifier organizations) and LatamChequea, and now leader of Factchequeado(a verification media aimed at the Latino community in the US), Zuckerberg's statements are not a surprise, and he does not have scientific evidence for his claims. Zommer also agrees with Angie Drobnic Holan, current director of IFCN, who, in a LinkedIn post, wrote: "It’s unfortunate that this decision comes in the wake of extreme political pressure from a new administration and its supporters. So I think that, most likely, if these organizations don't manage to diversify soon, many of them are going to disappear," says Pablo Medina, disinformation research editor at the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism, CLIP.
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