Meta is dropping fact-checking after incoming FCC head Brendan Carr threatened it over such practices, undercutting the notion that Meta's move was principled (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Meta is dropping fact-checking after incoming FCC head Brendan Carr threatened it over such practices, undercutting the notion that Meta's move was principled  —  I have to commend Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his new policy chief Joel Kaplan on their timing.

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