fact checking

• Meta axes fact-checking program, is working with Trump administration to “promote free expression”
• YouTube has improved its misinformation policies, but fact-checkers say it’s not enough

  Members of Poynter's International Fact-Checking Network have called out YouTube's efforts to counter misinformation related to elections.

  
• Misinformation is a “global challenge for society.” Google’s $13.2 million grant will support fact-checkers. 

  Google and YouTube are providing Poynter and the International Fact-Checking Network with a $13.2 million grant to combat misinformation.

  
• TikTok Implements Prompts To Deter Users From Proliferating Misinformation

  TikTok is introducing platform-wide prompts in a bid to clamp down on the spread of misinformation, which will instruct users to think twice before sharing clips that could contain falsities.