Episode 16: Changes to Meta Fact Checking Policies with Ned Watt and Michelle Riedlinger

24/01/2025 34 min

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Episode Synopsis

Read Them Sideways is back from our summer hiatus! In this episode of Read Them Sideways, your host Stephen Harrington speaks with Ned Watt and Michelle
Riedlinger, PhD candidate and Associate Professor at the Digital Media Research Centre, respectively. They discuss Meta's decision to stop using fact-checking in the United States, and the political and economic reasons behind this decision. They also speak to what it means for the future of Meta's platforms.
Read Them Sideways is a podcast series from the Digital Media Research Centre, bringing our researchers to the spotlight to discuss issues that relate to communication, digital media, internet studies, and more.
You can read the article in The Conversation by Ned, Michelle, and DMRC alum Silvia Montaña-Niño here: https://theconversation.com/meta-is-abandoning-fact-checking-this-doesnt-bode-well-for-the-fight-against-misinformation-246878.

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