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National Politics
THE FACTS: Trump’s margin of victory in the 2024 election was not as large as he makes it seem. He won the electoral vote 312 to 226, including all seven swing states. The popular vote ...
Fortune16d
Mark Zuckerberg wore one of the rarest watches in the world, worth $900,000, while announcing the end of fact-checking at Meta
Mark Zuckerberg wore a highly exclusive watch in a video announcement on Tuesday. © 2024 Fortune Media IP Limited. All Rights Reserved. Use of this site constitutes ...
MarketWatch21d
Meta goes ‘MAGA’: Facebook adjusts fact-checking approach as Zuckerberg touts ‘free expression’ and cites ‘cultural tipping point’
Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. is replacing fact checking on the platform with a feature called Community Notes, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday in rolling out a raft of ...
USA Today22d
Meta Platforms is ending its fact-checking program. That could be risky for the stock
Last week, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) said that it is shutting down the third-party fact-checking programs on its social media platforms. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg says that those ...
indulgexpress22d
A glimpse into Benin's ancient rituals and cultural heritage
In the ancient town of Ouidah, located in southern Benin, the annual Voodoo Festival unfolds with a vibrant mix of dance, rituals, and spiritual fervour. Children dressed in vivid robes whirl to the ...
Fox News22d
Meta fact-checkers set to lose revenue, may shut down after Zuckerberg’s pivot: ‘We don’t have much time left’
A network of fact-checkers is set to lose a major source of revenue and may even close shop after Facebook parent company Meta announced it would terminate their contracts and move towards a ...
The Motley Fool22d
Meta Platforms Is Ending Its Fact-Checking Program. That Could Be Risky for the Stock
Zuckerberg says that in the absence of a third-party fact-checking program, users will be able to effectively regulate the platform themselves using a "community notes" system. If you use X ...
Al Jazeera English23d
Fact-check: Did Gavin Newsom cut $100m in fire prevention funding?
Is this true? Newsom wrote on his new website, California Fire Facts, that it was a 'ridiculous lie' to say he cut $100m [File: Marco Bello/Reuters] As wildfires in California caused at least two ...
Science News23d
Ancient, engraved stones may have been buried to summon the sun
As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...
Scientific American24d
Does Fact-Checking Work? Here’s What the Science Says
That trek to challenge online falsehoods and misinformation got a little harder this week, when Facebook’s parent company Meta announced plans to scrap the platform’s fact-checking programme ...
Smithsonian Magazine24d
How Archaeologists Discovered Europe’s Oldest-Known Book, Revealing Never-Before-Seen Insights Into Ancient Religion and Philosophy
This is largely due to the fact that the fire that preserved the papyrus—saving it from the deterioration usually caused by the humidity of Greek soil—also destroyed it. “There were pieces ...
New York Magazine24d
What Mark Zuckerberg Gets Right About Fact-Checking and Content Moderation
Our oligarchs are getting stranger all the time. Still, Zuckerberg wasn’t entirely wrong. In fact, he was right for the wrong reasons. Content moderation has, largely, been a failure on social ...