<div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> A Meta executive announced that the social media giant will soon fulfill a January promise to abolish fact-checking. Is it too good to be true? Meta Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan announced Friday that the tech giant’s fact-checking program “will be officially over” by Monday afternoon. “That means no new fact checks and no fact checkers,” Kaplan <a href="https://x.com/joel_kaplan/status/1908204701457236472">wrote</a>. “We announced in January we’d be winding down the program &amp; removing penalties.”&nbsp; <a href="https://mrcfreespeechamerica.org/blogs/free-speech/tom-olohan/2025/04/04/meta-really-turning-away-fact-checking-latest-move-raises">[Story Continues on MRC Free Speech America]</a>&nbsp; </div>

A Meta executive announced that the social media giant will soon fulfill a January promise to abolish fa{ai:summary}Meta will end its fact-checking program, as announced by Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan. Starting Monday, there will be no new fact checks or fact checkers, fulfilling a promise made in January to wind down the initiative and remove associated penalties. #technology

Is Meta Really Turning Away from Fact-Checking? Latest Move Raises Eyebrows

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