Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other services has announced it will discontinue its third-party factchecking ...

Meta’s official rationale for ending its independent factchecking in favour of crowdsourced contributions centres on ...

The only glimmer of hope is the intense backlash—both within Meta and from the broader public. “I’ve never felt so strongly ...

Meta’s content moderation overhaul is likely to expose creators to more unjust punishment, over-censorship and potentially ...

The UN rights chief declared that regulating online hate speech and harmful content is not censorship. Meta recently ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday will hold a hearing on the ban of TikTok, which carries implications on the global ...

The announcement by Mark Zuckerberg that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Threads, will dramatically overhaul its approach to content moderation on the eve of the second Trump ...

The changes he’s making to appease Donald Trump won’t fix the ways Facebook is harmful to our civic and political life.

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When fact-checkers turn into censors, a power shift had to happen. If you want to know who wields power in a society, there’s ...

Meta overhauled its approach to US moderation on Tuesday, ditching fact-checking, announcing a plan to move its trust and ...

The changes worry advocates for vulnerable groups, who say Meta's decision to scale back content moderation could lead to ...