End of Fact-Checking Is Limited to the US, Says Meta

The end of the fact-checking service of Meta occurs only in the United States (US), at least for now, Meta reported in response to questions from the Attorney General’s Office in Brazil (AGU), which is concerned about the end of the program.

“At this time, this change will only apply to the United States. We plan to create, test and improve Community Notes in the United States before any expansion to other countries”, Meta reported, highlighting the intention to expand the change to other countries.

Since 2016, Meta offered a fact-checking service on Facebook and Instagram, carried out by journalists and experts in about 115 countries, which verified whether the information circulating on the networks was true or false and offered contextualization to users.

With the end of fact-checking, Meta began to adopt the “community notes” policy. As a result, only previously registered users can challenge any information circulating on the platforms.

The changes announced by Meta show an alignment of the company’s policy with the government agenda of the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, who advocates the deregulation of the digital environment and is against the fact-checking policy.

Source: Agência Brasil and UOL