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Fact-checking Trumps speech to Congress

(WASHINGTON) -- Six weeks into his presidency, Donald Trump addressed Congress and the nation Tuesday evening, laying out his goals for the next four years.ABC News, along with PolitiFact, live fact-checked Trump's speech statements that were exaggerated, needed more context or were false.TRUMP CLAIM:...

Could Meta ending fact-checking lead to rise in health misinformation?

(NEW YORK) -- Meta -- the company that operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp --announced on Tuesday it was ending third-party fact-checking.Some social media policy experts and public health experts are worried that the end of fact-checking could lead to the spread of medical...

Heres why Meta ended fact-checking, according to experts

(NEW YORK) -- Meta, the parent company of Facebook, announced plans Tuesday to replace fact-checkers with a user-based system known as "community notes."Fact-checkers who were put in place in the wake of Donald Trump's 2016 election have proven to be "too politically biased" and...

Fact-checking Tim Walz and JD Vances VP debate

(NEW YORK) -- In the first and only vice-presidential debate of the 2024 election, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. JD Vance are going head-to-head on the nation's most pressing issues.With just over 30 days till Election Day, the debate stage offers both...