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Linda Yaccarino on Meta ending fact-checking: ‘Welcome to the party’

Linda Yaccarino described Meta’s decision to end its longtime fact checking program and implement community notes as “exciting” and “validating.”

Speaking during a keynote address in Las Vegas, Yaccarino described Meta’s decision to end its longtime fact checking program and implement community notes as “exciting” and “validating.” It’s not surprising at all that Yaccarino would praise Zuckerberg's move to cut ties with the media institutions that have been its longtime partners for fact-checking content on Facebook and Instagram. Zuckerberg’s move to loosen its content moderation standards is the latest sign of just how far the Facebook founder is willing to go to realign himself with the political right as Donald Trump prepares to take office.

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