Meta's oversight board rips Zuckerberg's move to end fact-checking: ‘Potential adverse effects'
Meta’s independent oversight board on Wednesday rebuked the company for scrapping the social-media giant’s fact-checking policy earlier this year – urging Mark Zuckerberg’s firm to assess “potential adverse effects.”The board, which operates independently but is funded by Meta, cited concerns that the company had made the changes “hastily, in a departure from regular procedure, with no public information shared as to what, if any, prior human rights due diligence the company performed.”It issued its first r ...