Meta Ditches Fact-Checking Unit Over Censorship Issues

Meta Ditches Fact-Checking Unit Over Censorship Issues
The Facebook logo displayed on a tablet in Lille, France, on Aug. 28, 2019. Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images
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The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) fact-checker has been dropped by Meta over allegations of bias and unfairness regarding the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum. 
Australians will be voting in October on whether to enshrine an advisory body and recognition of Indigenous people into their Constitution.
Daryl Vandenberg
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Daryl Vandenberg is a journalist based in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. He is a former news anchor for Canadian radio stations Moose FM, 99.1 FM Ontario, and Newcap Radio.
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