Meta Ends Fact-Checking Program on Facebook: What to Know

The move ends a years-long trend toward more moderation.
Meta Ends Fact-Checking Program on Facebook: What to Know
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Paley Center in New York City on Oct. 25, 2019. Mark Lennihan/AP Photo
Zachary Stieber
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Meta has ended its fact-checking program, among other major changes.
Here’s what to know.

‘Too Politically Biased’

Meta introduced the fact-checking program in 2016 after Donald Trump won that year’s presidential election.
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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