Meta to fund fact-checkers for Voice referendum

Nathan Jolly

July 10, 2023 10:27

Meta is increasing funding to a number of news organisations in a bid to shore up its fact-checking ahead of the Voice to Parliament Referendum.

The tech giant has announced one-off funding boosts to the Australian Associated Press, RMIT’s FactLab, and Agence France-Presse, in order to reduce the spread of false articles across Facebook, Instagram, and now Threads.

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Nathan Jolly

Nathan Jolly is the Features Editor at Mumbrella. He joined the team in July, 2023.

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Meta to fund fact-checkers for Voice referendum

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