You’ve probably heard the news by now that Mark Zuckerberg announced this morning he was putting an end to Meta’s use of fact-checkers. Predictably, the fact-checkers are freaking out, not only because they are losing credibility but just as importantly because Meta was a big source of income for the entire industry. Tomorrow, the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) will hold an emergency meeting to discuss what to do next.
In an exclusive interview with Business Insider, IFCN Director Angie Holan confirmed that the meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, was organized in direct response to Meta’s decision…
The meeting is expected to draw between 80 to 100 attendees from IFCN’s network of fact-checkers, which spans 170 organizations worldwide. Not all of the attendees are Meta fact-checking partners, although many of them have a stake in the program’s…
