Meta employees criticized the company's decision to end third-party fact-checking services. The policy changes include lifting restrictions on certain topics and focusing enforcement on illegal content, sparking concerns among employees about misinformation and harmful discourse. Employees criticized Meta's decision to end fact-checking, citing concerns about undermining truth and compromising platform safety. Meta had been scaling back fact-checking efforts since 2023, scrapping an internal project during layoffs and ending its agreement with third-party fact checkers in January 2024.
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00:02Meta employees criticized the company's decision to end third-party fact-checking services.
00:07The policy changes include lifting restrictions on certain topics and focusing enforcement on
00:12illegal content, sparking concerns among employees about misinformation and harmful discourse.
00:18Employees criticized Meta's decision to end fact-checking, citing concerns about undermining
00:22truth and compromising platform safety. Meta had been scaling back fact-checking efforts
00:27since 2023, scrapping an internal project during layoffs,
00:31adding its agreement with third-party fact-checkers in January 2024.
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