Opinion | A defense of fact-checking and the imperfect search for truth in an era of institutionalized lying Debunking three flawed criticisms of fact-checking amid Meta’s retreat and Silicon Valley’s appeasement of Donald Trump February 18, 2025 Paul Barrett
New Meta content rules let users call LGBTQ+ people ‘mentally ill.’ Here’s what medical experts say. Leading medical experts do not consider being gay or transgender to be a mental illness January 14, 2025 Grace Abels
An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the world’s fact-checkers, nine years later As Meta announces end to U.S. fact-checking, program partners warn of a setback for accuracy online and potential global consequences January 9, 2025 The International Fact-Checking Network
Opinion | With Trump on his way back to the White House, Meta drops its fact-checking program Mark Zuckerberg can preach all he wants about censorship and free speech, but it’s easy to see through his words. This was done to appease Trump. January 8, 2025 Tom Jones
Does crowdsourced fact-checking work? Experts are skeptical of Meta’s plan CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Meta will adopt a Community Notes model similar to X, where fact-checkers say misinformation often goes unchecked January 7, 2025 Angela Fu
Opinion | Meta will attempt crowdsourced fact-checking. Here’s why it won’t work X’s Community Notes is not the success that tech leaders want you to believe. And a similar system won’t stop misinformation on Facebook. January 7, 2025 Alex Mahadevan
On Facebook, Elon Musk is an invention superhero. But much of it is made-up and features AI images A Tesla water engine. A $1K Tesla e-bike. Low-cost Tesla houses. A robot for surrogate pregnancies. A ‘UFO fighter jet that defies physics.’ All fake. November 22, 2024 Loreben Tuquero
‘Frenemies’: The complicated relationship between fact-checkers and tech giants like Meta and TikTok Many fact-checking outlets are financially dependent on the very platforms that they criticize June 28, 2024 Angela Fu
Opinion | Could social media soon have warning labels? The US surgeon general wants a warning — similar to those on tobacco products — that points out mental health risks of TikTok, Instagram and others June 18, 2024 Tom Jones
No, President Biden was not ignored by people at a Pittsburgh-area gas station Fox News host Sean Hannity said in.a Facebook post that Biden got the cold shoulder from customers and workers at a Sheetz location April 30, 2024 Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu
Opinion | Let’s say it plainly: Fact-checking is not censorship Fact-checking adds to the public debate; it doesn’t suppress it April 2, 2024 Angie Drobnic Holan
Can social media platform outages impact US elections? Not likely, experts say Election officials in multiple jurisdictions told PolitiFact the March 5 Meta outages outages did not affect voting. March 7, 2024 Madison Czopek
Opinion | Instead of Taylor Swift beat reporters, we need Nextdoor beat reporters Its reach is on par with, if not greater than, US newspapers. Instead of harrumphing its lack of journalistic standards, why don’t we embed reporters? November 15, 2023 Steven Waldman
In the wake of Idalia, residents of one Florida town are turning to Facebook for their news In regions where there isn’t a robust news presence, local residents often turn to social media. September 1, 2023 Angela Fu
News publishers declare global principles for bargaining with Big Tech Journalists and scholars gathered for two days in South Africa to hammer out details of fair compensation from Big Tech July 26, 2023 Anya Schiffrin
