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.

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