Washington Post columnist Geoffrey A. Fowler argued that Meta's community notes fact-checking system for posts made on Facebook, Instagram and Threads is "nowhere near up to the task" of keeping ...

LinkedIn was recently granted a patent that would enable it to fact check everything people claim on the site, according to Business Insider. Inventor Lucas Myslinski first filed the patent for an ...

Meta will disable all third-party fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads starting April 7 Posts will no longer be rated or penalized for false content under the old system Community Notes, ...

TikTok recently announced it will launch a user-led fact checking program called Footnotes, similar to the community-led notes on X and Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms. Lisa Fazio, professor ...

TikTok on Wednesday announced the public launch of Footnotes, a crowdsourced fact-checking system similar to X and Meta’s Community Notes feature. The technology will initially roll out to U.S. users ...

In a move that follows through on the company's previous commitment announced in January, Meta is set to officially end its third-party fact-checking on its U.S. platforms on Monday, April 7. The ...

Fact-checkers are facing severe challenges and political pressure while doing their "honorable" and "patriotic" work, one director warned. On Wednesday, International Fact-Checking Network Director ...

One of my biggest pet peeves is when media figures make hyperbolic claims about the spread of misinformation online and suggest that journalists, misinfo watchdogs, and fact-checkers—i.e., the ...