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Biden: Meta ending fact-checking "very shameful"

According to Agence France-Presse reported on January 11, US President Joe Biden attacked Meta-Universe Platform (Meta) on the 10th to end fact-checking on social platforms Facebook and photo walls in the United States, calling the move "very shameful". Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on the 7th that the company will abandon third-party fact-checking in the United States and instead hand over the task of debunking misinformation to ordinary users. This model is called "community annotation" and is promoted by social platform X. The decision is widely regarded as an attempt to appease President-elect Trump. His conservative supporters have long complained that fact-checking on social platforms is a means to restrict free speech and censor right-wing content. "I think it's very shameful," Biden told reporters at the White House when asked about the decision. "It's important to tell the truth," he said. He also said the move was "completely at odds with everything America stands for." Brazil on the 10th asked Meta to provide an explanation within 72 hours, including its fact-checking policy in the country and how it plans to protect "fundamental rights" on its platform. (Reference News)