Facebook Dismisses Report of Journalists’ Frustration with Fact-Checking

San Francisco: Facebook has dismissed a media report that claimed journalists working as factcheckers for the social media giant are frustrated and are ending partnerships as the company failed to use their expertise to combat misinformation. A report in The Guardian on Thursday said outside reporters have lost trust in Facebook, “which has repeatedly refused to release meaningful data about the impacts of their work”.

“Contrary to a claim in the story, we absolutely do not ask fact-checkers to prioritize debunking content about our advertisers,” Carden said in statement. The report, she added, is based primarily on the account of a single fact-checker who has not been involved with the Facebook fact-checking program for six months. “We have been committed to fighting misinformation for years now and have strong relationships with our third-party fact-checking partners — we now have 35 partners in 24 countries around the world,” said Facebook. According to Facebook, it values the ongoing partnerships and the work that these journalists do. (IANS)

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