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Recent Examples of fact-check
By shifting away from traditional fact-checking partnerships, Meta may be attempting to ease these concerns and avoid further government scrutiny.
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Esat Dedezade, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Meta is rolling this out in the US first; elsewhere, the fact-checking system will remain.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 13 Mar. 2025
Meta plans to test out X's algorithm for Community Notes to crowdsource fact-checks that will appear across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
Almost immediately, his critics—including many fellow-Republicans—began to call him on his lies and cruelties, and to fact-check his evidence.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Esat Dedezade, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Meta is rolling this out in the US first; elsewhere, the fact-checking system will remain.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 13 Mar. 2025
Meta plans to test out X's algorithm for Community Notes to crowdsource fact-checks that will appear across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
Almost immediately, his critics—including many fellow-Republicans—began to call him on his lies and cruelties, and to fact-check his evidence.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fact-check
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Corporate boardrooms and executive teams will need to traverse this new landscape, by weighing the risks of maintaining their DEI teams and initiatives against the potential fallout of revising their DEI policies—or abandoning their efforts completely.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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If elected, Valencia said her goals are to work to revise the budget, making communication seamless and providing more staff for mental health services.—
David Sharos,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The following interview has been edited and condensed for clarity and length.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
9 Apr. 2025
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Each recorded call then had to be annotated with a horribly long list of contextual parameters.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 Apr. 2025
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Here is his 50-balls-in-play rolling exit velocity chart for last year, with the removal from that late-June game annotated.—
Eno Sarris,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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The Republicans cited other federal criminal conspiracy and money laundering laws and asked the department to rescind or redraft the memo.—
Samantha Putterman,
Austin American-Statesman,
31 Aug. 2024
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The state lawyers filed a 50-page brief at the 1st District Court of Appeal contending that Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper did not have the authority to order the panel, known as the Financial Impact Estimating Conference, to redraft the statement.—
Jim Saunders,
Sun Sentinel,
21 June 2024
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This made Android folks unwelcome in many a group chat, but Apple finally started rectifying this issue last year with the addition of RCS support in iOS.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
1 Apr. 2025
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Time will tell if her actions made a difference in helping rectify the brand after an internal hiccup.—
John Hall,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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In other words, some storms on Jupiter can leave behind a fingerprint, reworking the whole chemical makeup of the planet's atmosphere.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The case of the new Royale Paris has been reworked.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The women’s names, other people’s names and several details were redacted in copies of the complaints reviewed by the Union-Tribune.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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Their specific actions are redacted in the warrant.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
5 Apr. 2025
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As the verdict was read, Way looked straight ahead.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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Way, who smiled as the initial $4 million verdict was read, was cleared on claims of false imprisonment and constructive discharge.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fact-check. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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