As Facebook Abandons Fact-Checking, It’s Also Offering Bonuses for Viral Content
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Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of false posts the company once policed.
https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-meta-abandons-fact-checking-boosts-viral-content?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
