Fact-checkers accuse Mark Zuckerberg of spreading fake news about them
Following Mark Zuckerberg’s announcements about the end of Meta funding for fact-checking, the fact-checkers’ union is denouncing the Facebook founder’s claims about them as false. This sector, which has had the wind in its sails in recent years, is preparing to lay off employees.
The international fact-checkers’ union accuses Mark Zuckerberg of spreading fake news about their sector. In an open letter published yesterday, the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN), whose French members include AFP and France Info, addresses the Facebook founder: « you say that the (Meta fact-checking, editor’s note) program has become « a tool of censorship » and that « fact-checkers have been too…
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