Treasurer Jim Chalmers has called Meta’s move to scrap fact-checking on its social media platforms “very dangerous”.

Meta announced this week that it would dump fact-checkers in the US. While some experts say there could be broader implications, others caution it won't cost us a "golden age of truth" on platforms such as Facebook.

Australia is deeply concerned by Meta's decision to scrap US fact-check operations on its Facebook and Instagram platforms, a senior government minister said Thursday. AFP currently works in 26 languages with Facebook's fact-checking programme in which Facebook pays to use fact checks from around 80 organisations globally on the platform as well as on WhatsApp and Instagram.

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Meta’s move to scrap fact ... Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg says there were ‘too many mistakes’ with his company’s third-party fact-checking system.

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Mark Zuckerberg's jiu-jitsu training, which he began in 2020, has influenced his leadership style at Meta, according to Gene Munster.

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Mark Zuckerberg is taking more shots at Apple. In an interview on the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast that was published Friday, the Meta CEO shared several issues he has with Apple, continuing his ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained his rationale for changing the company's content moderation policies during Friday's episode of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Earlier, on Tuesday ...

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