Meta says it isn’t ending fact-checks outside the US yet
Brazil wasn’t pleased with Meta’s decision to rely on community notes, stating it would not subject its population to social media platforms that lead to “digital carnage or barbarity.”
Social media platform Meta has confirmed that its fact-checking feature on Facebook, Instagram and Threads will only be removed in the US for now, according to a Jan. 13 letter sent to Brazil’s government.
“Meta has already clarified that, at this time, it is terminating its independent Fact-Checking Program only in the United States, where we will test and refine the community notes [feature] before expanding to other countries,” Meta told Brazil’s Attorney General of the Union (AGU) in a Portuguese-translated letter.
Meta’s letter followed a 72-hour deadline Brazil’s AGU set for Meta to clarify to whom the removal of the third-party fact verification feature would apply.
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Author: Brayden Lindrea
