fact-check
verb
fact-checked; fact-checking; fact-checks
: to verify the factual accuracy of
fact-check the article before publication
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Right before Trump returned to office in January, Meta stopped those efforts, dismantling its fact-checking system, content moderation policies and DEI programs—moves that were widely seen as a capitulation to the new administration.
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Phil Singer, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, social media platforms such as Meta have ended fact-checking programs created after Trump’s first election win, and presidential adviser Elon Musk continues to use social media platform X to amplify Trump’s false claims and his own conspiracy theories.
—Seth Ashley, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
An independent fact-checking group found that his claims about the therapy were unsupported by scientific evidence.
—Brenda Goodman and Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
Similarly, Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, ended its third-party fact-checking program and redefined its hate speech policies so that certain rhetoric once disallowed is now permitted.
—Tamar Mitts, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
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Phil Singer, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, social media platforms such as Meta have ended fact-checking programs created after Trump’s first election win, and presidential adviser Elon Musk continues to use social media platform X to amplify Trump’s false claims and his own conspiracy theories.
—Seth Ashley, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
An independent fact-checking group found that his claims about the therapy were unsupported by scientific evidence.
—Brenda Goodman and Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
Similarly, Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, ended its third-party fact-checking program and redefined its hate speech policies so that certain rhetoric once disallowed is now permitted.
—Tamar Mitts, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fact-check. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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