“Meta’s recent changes are part of a larger shift by US tech companies to align with conservative leaders, which will have implications for global efforts towards information integrity.”

New #wjds paper by Ned Watt, Silvia Montaña-Niño, and Michelle Riedlinger:

https://doi.org/10.34669/wi.wjds/5.2.1

Meta's Oversight Board Challenges January Policy Shift on Fact Checking and DEI

#Meta #MetaOversightBoard #ContentModeration #HateSpeech #Facebook #Instagram #Threads #SocialMedia #TechPolicy #CommunityNotes #FactChecking #FreeSpeech #BigTech

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/04/23/metas-oversight-board-challenges-january-policy-shift-on-fact-checking-and-dei-xcxwbn/

“La Casa Blanca confirmó que el dólar dejará de ser la moneda oficial del país”: #Falso | vía #FastCheckCL

https://www.fastcheck.cl/2025/04/22/la-casa-blanca-confirmo-que-el-dolar-dejara-de-ser-la-moneda-oficial-del-pais-falso/

Poynter: MediaWise’s Teen Fact-Checking Network expands across Europe. “Misinformation spreads online faster than ever these days — and it knows no borders. That’s why MediaWise’s Teen Fact-Checking Network, the Poynter Institute’s media literacy initiative, continues its global expansion. The TFCN is a group of young people who teach media literacy by debunking viral claims online. […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/22/poynter-mediawises-teen-fact-checking-network-expands-across-europe/

I just saw an apparent left-winger post a suave confident quote, then adamantly refuse an obvious and very well documented fact check of said quote. The contortions were a sight to behold.

So, here's the thing. If you hold that one of the defining differences between us and the fascists is that we honor the truth - then accept compelling evidence when you see it.

I blocked. We don't need to lie about awful people to show that they are awful.

#PierrePoilievre and his views about #nazis and #nazism.

No, Pierre. You are wrong. National socialists were as socialist as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is democratic.

Whoa
The Transmetropolitan #news feed "the Hole" was just introduced to me.

#Bias and #factChecking tools with premium let you see trust worthy ratings and which #media outlets are aligned left and right etc.
#GroundNews gives you multiple sides of any news story, from over 50,000 sources across the #political spectrum.

https://ground.news/download and use this referral code 6385624 to get 1 month of #free Premium to see what it does. (Not expensive at about £28)

https://www.europesays.com/uk/25714/ Is the EU banning American credit cards? #ChristineLagarde #DigitalEuro #ECB #EU #Europe #European #FactChecking #Mastercard #visa

»#TikTok is adding #Footnotes, its take on #CommunityNotes: But the company isn’t walking away from #factchecking.« https://www.engadget.com/social-media/tiktok-is-adding-footnotes-its-take-on-community-notes-140040044.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news

The #European Broadcasting #Union (EBU) launches #Eurovision #News Spotlight (ENS), a network of 18 public broadcasters to collaborate on #FactChecking and #OSINT

https://thedesk.net/2025/04/ebu-fact-checking-disinformation-unit/

Elon Musk: “La libertad de Venezuela será un regalo mío y de sus líderes”: #Falso | vía #FastCheckCL

https://www.fastcheck.cl/2025/04/11/elon-musk-la-libertad-de-venezuela-sera-un-regalo-mio-y-de-sus-lideres-falso/

Poilievre est obsédé par la taille des foules. À qui cela vous fait-il penser?

Meta’s Llama 4 AI Targets Left Bias for “Both Sides” View

#AI #Meta #Llama4 #AIBias #PoliticalBias #ContentModeration #FactChecking #CommunityNotes #Zuckerberg #BigTech #LLMs #GenAI

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/04/10/metas-llama-4-ai-targets-left-bias-for-both-sides-view-xcxwbn/

Poynter: Meta is failing to stop dangerous disinformation in the world’s most spoken languages. “Meta’s automated filters and content moderators often fall short when dealing with non-English content. This isn’t just a technical limitation — it’s a dangerous oversight. In communities where English isn’t the dominant language, this gap leaves space for disinformation to flourish […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/10/poynter-meta-is-failing-to-stop-dangerous-disinformation-in-the-worlds-most-spoken-languages/

Well, this is rather delicious.

ICYMI: Meta ends fact-checking program in favor of community notes https://ppc.land/meta-ends-fact-checking-program-in-favor-of-community-notes/ #Meta #FactChecking #CommunityNotes #ContentModeration #FreeExpression

ICYMI: Meta ends fact-checking program in favor of community notes: Meta shifts content moderation strategy to prioritize free expression and reduce enforcement errors. https://ppc.land/meta-ends-fact-checking-program-in-favor-of-community-notes/ #Meta #FactChecking #CommunityNotes #ContentModeration #FreeExpression

“Murió actor Jorge Enrique Abello”: #Falso | vía #FastCheckCL

https://www.fastcheck.cl/2025/04/08/murio-actor-jorge-enrique-abello-falso/