Meta to remove fact checkers on platforms to ‘appease Trump’

Social media expert Meg Coffey says Meta’s decision to remove fact-checkers from its platforms is “very much to appease Trump”. “We’re doing all of these things to make the US President happy without any consultation about how it might impact the rest of the world,” she said. Ms Coffey claims fact-checking is needed due to a lack of general media literacy and the move will result in “more misinformation and more disinformation.” “Media literacy has never been more important than it is now … we need to be educating ourselves.”