Today it launches the new Reuters Fact Check business unit and blog, announcing that it will become one of the third-party partners tasked with debunking lies spread on the social network.

The company confirmed this was the case, telling TechCrunch that it hasn’t finalized the ability for fact-checkers to rate content directly on Threads yet, but would soon.

Meta Ditches Fact-Checking Program, Wants You to Pitch In With Community Notes Two weeks before a second Trump term begins, Mark Zuckerberg says "free expression" is the way to go.

Forget closed captioning; how about an automated fact-checker on your TV? That's something researchers from Duke University are hoping to introduce in time for 2020's election year. Here's how it ...

Google is bringing tools to fight fake news to its most important and iconic product: search. The tech giant said Friday that it's adding "fact check" labels to some of the results in its search ...

Obviously, implementing a partnership between fact-checkers and Google would be harder and more complicated than with smaller ad tech companies.

Did these guys coordinate? Over the course of one week, we saw notable announcements from four major tech platforms. Each seemed like a positive if small step forward — and each also raised ...