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Meta’s decision to scrap third-party fact-checking is worrying

Meta’s decision to scrap third-party fact-checking is worrying

by manager@balobaki.com | Jan 11, 2025 | Balobaki Check, Corporate, Our news

KINSHASA – January 10, 2025 – Balobaki Check sees Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg’s decision as a bad omen for democracy.  In the USA, Meta has announced the end of its collaboration with third-party fact-checkers. Thanks to these external fact-checkers,...
Balobaki Check participated in a European Union program in Brussels on the challenges of misinformation

Balobaki Check participated in a European Union program in Brussels on the challenges of misinformation

by manager@balobaki.com | Dec 7, 2024 | Our news

At the invitation of the European Union’s External Action Service, eight African journalists from Chad, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville and the Democratic Republic of the Cong (DRC) took part in a program of visits to European institutions organized as part of this...

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