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Facebook Fact-Checker Funded by Chinese Money Through TikTok

Facebook Fact-Checker Funded by Chinese Money Through TikTok
An advertisement for social media company TikTok in Berlin on Sept. 21, 2020. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Petr Svab
Petr Svab
reporter
12/10/2020|Updated: 12/10/2020

While Facebook portrays its army of fact-checkers as independent, the money behind at least one carries a distinct taint.

One such fact-checker, Lead Stories, is partly paid through a partnership with TikTok, a social media platform run by a Chinese company that owes its allegiance to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). TikTok currently is being probed by U.S. officials as a national security threat.

Petr Svab
Petr Svab
reporter
Petr Svab is a reporter covering New York. Previously, he covered national topics including politics, economy, education, and law enforcement.
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