If Meta abandons fact-checking more widely, staying on Facebook will not be a good look for politicians
Even as Singapore fights misinformation, the government maintains a presence on increasingly questionable platforms
AHEAD of US president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan 20, Big Tech firms have been scrambling to curry favour. Last week, in a sign of the post-truth environment in which Trump is taking office, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg announced the end of US fact-checking for Facebook and Instagram.
The social media giant will also reduce moderation, newly allowing certain comments that would previously have been considered hate speech.
With these moves, there will be little to stop Meta’s platforms – hardly a haven for accuracy and civil dialogue at the best of times – from veering deeper into misinformation and polarisation.
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