Fact-checking director warns of 'crisis' as Meta, Trump's DOGE cuts threaten their 'honorable, patriotic' work

Fact-checking director warns of 'crisis' as Meta, Trump's DOGE cuts threaten their 'honorable, patriotic' work

International Fact-Checking Network Director Angie Drobnic Holan penned an op-ed in honor of International Fact-Checking Day in defense of fact-checkers.

Facebook To Shut Down Fact-Checking Program On Monday: ‘Officially Over’

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, announced Friday that its fact-checking program in the United States would be “officially over” on Monday, when it will roll out the community notes feature across all platforms. The news comes after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in January that the company would end fact-checking and move to restore ...

The company of content moderators of Meta in Barcelona, Tellus Digital, closes its center of the Torre Glorias in Barcelona. This is what the company announced in a communication this Thursday, in which it points out that "it evolves and adapts the volume of its services to meet the needs and requirements of its customers". Thus, the company indicates that, in the case of the Catalan capital, its customers "are diversifying their presence and mo…

Chief Fact-Checker Laments Decline In Influence On International Fact-Checking Day

Most people probably do not know who Angie Drobnic Holan is, but they should. Holan is the director of the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter, and on April 2, or International Fact-Checking Day, she wrote an op-ed bemoaning the setbacks the industry has taken in 2025 from Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and the Trump Administration.

Fact-checking director warns of 'crisis' as Meta, Trump's DOGE cuts threaten their 'honorable, patriotic' work – Democratic Accent

Fact-checkers are facing severe challenges and political pressure while doing their “honorable” and “patriotic” work, one director warned. On Wednesday, International Fact-Checking Network Director Angie Drobnic Holan penned an op-ed for Poynter to mark “International Fact-Checking Day.” Though the day has been a time of celebration for her in the past, she wrote that the community has already faced several major blows in 2025, threatening not j…

The office at the Torre Glòries de Telus was not active yesterday and its approximately 2,100 employees were sent home with a paid permit