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Is Meta Turning Away from Fact-Checking?
A Meta executive announced that the social media giant will soon fulfill a January promise to abolish fact-checking. Is it too good to be true?

Chief Fact-Checker Laments Decline In Influence On 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.

STUDY: AI Chatbots Provide Awful Responses Before Pro-Life Events
OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman once warned that artificial intelligence “may cause significant harm to the world.” His chatbot is already harming babies, mothers and pro-life volunteer organizations by directing them to the baby-killing organization Planned…

Zuckerberg’s Free Speech Promise Kept? MRC Sees Early Surge in Traffic
Media Research Center data indicates that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s pledge to implement pro-free speech policies across Meta appears to have had an almost immediate impact.

Oliver: Facebook Ditching Fact-Checkers 'Is Self-Serving Bull****'
Because HBO’s John Oliver waited until last week to kick off the 2025 season of Last Week Tonight, he is still catching up on all the news he missed. On Sunday, Oliver turned his attention to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to ditch its fact-checking partners, calling the decision “self-serving bullshit.” Oliver also tried to dismiss Big Tech censorship concerns, claiming Facebook…

Google, Meta AI Defend Insane Claim About Free Speech and Holocaust
Google and Meta artificial intelligence stunningly seemed to defend CBS News anchor Margaret Brennan’s crazy assertion that free speech caused a genocide.

BREAKING: US Government Paid $2.4M to Soros-Backed Censorship Giant
The revelation that The New York Times and Politico received millions collectively in taxpayer dollars from a slew of US government agencies sparked public outrage. But a new investigation by MRC Business will make the scandal of government-funded media even worse.

Is the European Union Cracking Down on Faith?
While the European Union (EU) is infamous for its contempt for free speech, it may have sunk to a new low by reportedly going after a religious app.

Liberal Podcaster Says Trump's Inauguration Speech Was Impeachable
Progressive comedian and podcaster John Fugelsang joined the Friday installment of MSNBC’s The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle to claim that President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech was an impeachable offense, presumably because Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg now supports him, and urged Democrats to file impeachment articles every day to show Democratic activists “we’re doing something…

Are Meta’s Pro-Censorship Zealots Rebelling Against Zuckerberg?
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been undermined by repeated leaks of his comments and policy changes since agreeing to dismantle the censorship regime at Meta. That’s not a coincidence.

Trump Strips ‘Ideological Bias’ from AI in Latest Biden Rebuke
President Donald Trump tore up former President Joe Biden’s artificial intelligence (AI) policies during the first week of his presidency.

Big Tech Methods Change — BUT Secondhand Effects of Censorship Remain
Big Tech companies have evolved their censorship tactics, moving from direct actions to more subtle methods like shadowbanning and search suppression. This shift has led to a significant "secondhand censorship effect," impacting millions of users by restricting access to content they choose to follow. While platforms like X and Meta show some transparency via features like Community Notes,…

Is Facebook Already Slipping Up on Its Free Speech Commitment?
A host of major social media platforms made a disturbing capitulation to European Union censors.