Natalia Viana, of Brazil's leading investigative platform Agência Pública, writes that Zuckerberg's attack on fact-checkers may be cynical and vile, but the practice is here to stay, and gets at the core of maintaining a healthy democracy.

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stunned many with his announcement that he was pulling the plug on fact-checking at Facebook and Instagram in the United States ...

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Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to do away with Meta’s third-party fact-checking service was presented as a sweeping cultural change across the company’s platforms—but apparently, its new policy will apply only in the United States.

In a statement to Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) in November of last year, Meta used a tone opposite to that now employed by Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s CEO, when discussing its moderation activities.

Meta told Brazil it would not yet end fact-checks outside the US, but its attempts to clarify its new social media policies fell flat Tuesday as the Latin American nation slammed measures which promote a "digital Wild West.

Brazil’s Solicitor General has criticised Meta’s hate speech policy changes, while the company claims it aims to secure greater freedom of expression. Brazil will hold a public hearing this week to discuss this issue.

Meta wants to control content on its platforms less in future – Brazil's government wants to know by Monday how this fits in with its laws.

Brazil’s government will give Meta until Monday to explain the changes to its fact-checking program, Solicitor General Jorge Messias said on Friday.

Meta’s announcement has sparked alarm in Brazil, where the government sees Meta’s policy changes as a potential threat to public discourse. Zuckerberg justified the change by criticising the bias he s

Citing Meta's "lack of transparency," Messias said the company "will have 72 hours to inform the Brazilian government of its actual policy for Brazil." Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stunned ...

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