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Meta scraps fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced the social networking giant will scrap fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram. The decision reverses Meta policies to stop misinformation, which US conservatives criticized over alleged censorship.

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