Biden: É "muito vergonhoso" que Meta tenha terminado a verificação de fatos

A Gold Finance report, according to Agence France-Presse on January 11, US President Biden criticized Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, for ending fact-checking on its platforms in the United States, calling it "very shameful." Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on January 7 that the company would abandon third-party fact-checking in the United States and instead entrust the task of debunking false information to ordinary users. This model, known as "community annotations," was popularized by the social platform X. This decision is widely seen as an attempt to appease former President Trump. His conservative supporters have long complained that fact-checking on social platforms is a means of limiting freedom of speech and censoring right-wing content. When asked about this decision at the White House, Biden told reporters, "I think it's very shameful." He said, "Speaking the truth is important." He also said that this move "completely goes against everything that America stands for." Brazil has demanded an explanation from Meta within 72 hours, including its fact-checking policies in the country and how it plans to protect "fundamental rights" on its platform. (Reference News)