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Meta is leaving its users to wade through hate and disinformation
Meta’s decision to eliminate fact-checking could unleash a flood of disinformation, experts warn.
Meta is essentially shifting responsibility to users to weed out lies on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, raising fears that it’ll be easier to spread misleading information about climate change, clean energy, public health risks, and communities often targeted with violence. Meta launched the program in 2016 with growing public concern around the potential for social media to amplify unverified rumors online, like false stories about the pope endorsing Donald Trump for president that year. “Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to abandon efforts to check facts and correct misinformation and disinformation means that anti-scientific content will continue to proliferate on Meta platforms,” Kate Cell, senior climate campaign manager at the Union of Concerned Scientists, said in an emailed statement.
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