Meta plans to end US fact-checking partnerships in March, with payments to continue through August.
Meta's global fact-checking support remains, including an IFCN Business Continuity Fund.
ADHolan expressed disappointment during the conversation, describing Meta's fact-checking program as one that "positively influenced a whole ecosystem of fact-checking" and emphasized that the work was never about censorship.
ADJesse Stiller, the managing editor of Check Your Fact, a Meta US fact-checking partner for five years, described the fallout.
During the meeting, several fact-checkers voiced frustration not only with the program's termination but also with Zuckerberg's recent comments about fact-checkers.
Persons:
Meta, Angie Holan, Joel Kaplan, Meta's, Severance, Holan, blindsided, Jesse Stiller, Stiller, Jency Jacob, Zuckerberg, Jacob, Justin Arenstein, Arenstein
Organizations:
Fund, Meta, Business, Republican Party, Bank, North
Locations:
India, Africa, African, East, North Africa