REVIEW In January 2025, a claim began circulating online that Pfizer had “disclosed” human metapneumovirus (hMPV) infections as a side effect of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Human metapneumovirus is a respiratory virus that causes sympt
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PolitiFact→ New Meta content rules let users call LGBTQ+ people ‘mentally ill.’ Here’s what medical experts say.
Meta released new community standards that let Facebook, Instagram and Threads posts call LGBTQ+ people “mentally ill.” Being gay or trans is not a mental health disorder, medical experts say. Here are the facts.
PolitiFact→ Meta breaks up with fact-checkers. Here’s how it affects PolitiFact.
PolitiFact and other fact-checkers work independently on the project Meta designed to investigate false claims and hoaxes on its platforms, while continuing to fact-check claims by politicians and pundits and on other platforms.
Full Fact→ How our fact checking work with Meta makes a real-world difference
Full Fact has been a proud contributor to the Third Party Fact Checking initiative. Since January 2019 we’ve checked 2,596 cases of misleading, faked, or potentially harmful posts on Meta platforms.
PolitiFact→ Does crowdsourced fact-checking work? Experts are skeptical about Meta’s plan
As Meta ends its partnership with U.S. fact-checkers, CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company will adopt a Community Notes model similar to X, where fact-checkers say misinformation often goes unchecked.
FactCheck.org→ Our Partnership with Meta Is Ending
Meta is ending its partnership with U.S. fact-checking organizations, such as ours, but we’d like to reassure our readers: FactCheck.org isn’t going anywhere. Our journalists will continue to provide nonpartisan coverage of false and misleading po
Lead Stories→ Meta Ends Third-Party Fact-Checking Partnership in the U.S.
Lead Stories was surprised and disappointed to first learn through media reports and a press release about the end of the Meta Third-Party Fact-Checking Partnership of which Lead Stories has been a part since 2019. On January 7, 2025, Joe
PolitiFact→ Meta ending third-party fact-checking partnership with US partners, including PolitiFact
Meta will end its eight-year partnership with independent American journalists, including PolitiFact, to identify false information and hoaxes on its platforms.
Full Fact→ Full Fact responds to Meta ending support for US fact checkers
Fact checkers refute allegations of bias in Meta’s ‘disappointing backwards step’ to end fact checking partnerships
Full Fact→ Coriander is not a reliable treatment for heavy metal toxicity
Several posts claim that studies prove that coriander removes varying percentages of heavy metals from the body. This is not the case.
PolitiFact→ Meta and X removed the accounts of Trump’s assassination attempt suspect: That’s not uncommon
Social media users criticized the heads of Meta and X for removing the accounts of Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspect in an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. But this is based on social media companies’ policies.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Legal’ Statement Does NOT Protect User Data From Meta’s Generative AI — It’s Made Up
Does posting a statement ensure that users of Meta services will not have their data used in Meta's artificial intelligence training? No, that's not true: Posting the viral statement, or any other statement, doesn't mean that Meta will no
PolitiFact→ Federal appeals court rules in favor of PolitiFact and Meta against Children’s Health Defense
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in PolitiFact’s favor in a lawsuit filed by Children’s Health Defense, an organization founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The organization sued Poynter following a fact-check about the flu vaccine.
PolitiFact→ Are Google, Meta AI hiding Trump information? Here’s what companies say happened
Social media users criticized tech companies Google and Meta for perceived bias in their search results and artificial intelligence chatbot answers. Here’s what happened when we replicated the results and how the companies responded.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Magnet Video Does NOT Prove Supermarket Chicken Contains Nanotechnology, Heavy Metals
Does a video that shows what is said to be a magnet sticking to packaged supermarket chicken prove that such products contain nanotechnology and heavy metals? No, that's not true: The U.S. Department of Agriculture ensures that poultry pr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Parasites, Metals And Viruses’ Do NOT Cause All Diseases, Illnesses, As Post Claims
Do "parasites, metals and viruses" cause all "diseases and illnesses," as a post on TikTok claimed? No, that's not true: An infectious disease expert told Lead Stories that the "causes of human diseases are extraordinarily varied." Beside
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Facebook post falsely claims Mark Zuckerberg has banned posting the Lord’s Prayer on Meta
Mark Zuckerberg said ‘posting the Lord's Prayer violated’ Meta’s policies.
The Dispatch→ Assessing Claims That Meta Is Restricting Political Content on Its Platforms
The company is making changes, but users will still see accounts they follow and can opt out of the new policy.
The Dispatch→ That’s So Meta
State attorneys general file lawsuits against the social media giant.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No metal detector needed. Magnetic meat is not for sale in the U.S.
Video shows magnetic meat for sale in U.S. grocery stores.
Truth or Fiction?→ Canadian PM Trudeau Slams Meta for Shuttering News Access During ‘Apocalyptic’ Wildfires
The Canadian government sharply criticized the tech megafirm Meta on August 21 2023 for continuing to bar Facebook users in the country from accessing online news on the platform amid a devastating series of wildfires. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kno
Full Fact→ Metal pole badly mounted in pavement was not the work of ‘Warnborough Council’
An image circulating online shows a post that has been incorrectly screwed onto the pavement.
Truth or Fiction?→ Meta Layoffs Grease the Skids for Election Disinformation
The tech company Meta has quietly laid off workers specializing in identifying disinformation on its lead platform Facebook, CNN reported on July 11 2023. According to the news network: Several members of the team that countered mis- and disinformation
PolitiFact→ How Meta, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube plan to address 2024 election misinformation
YouTube said it will no longer remove videos that promote election falsehoods. Some digital misinformation experts warn that the policy change could have ripple effects across social media platforms, allowing misinformation to spread more easily.
Truth or Fiction?→ Meta’s Zuckerberg Claims ‘Establishment’ Pushed for Censorship on COVID-19 Disinformation
Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg claimed that a nebulous “establishment” mistakenly pushed for his platform to censor information regarding COVID-19 because they thought it was disinformation. While discussing issues concerning moderation wit
Poynter→ Poynter and Meta partner to provide Fact-Checking Fundamentals for Asia-Pacific journalists
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Apr. 4, 2023) — The International Fact-Checking Network at the nonprofit Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalistic excellence, has partnered with Meta to create a free […] The post Poynter and Meta partner to prov
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Study Did NOT Find Dangerous Levels Of Heavy Metals In Pink Himalayan Salt
Did a 2020 Australian study find dangerous levels of heavy metals in pink Himalayan salt? No, that's not true: Although the study found metal contaminants, all pink salt samples in the study -- with the exception of one, from Peru -- were
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Environmental team killed in plane crash was en route to Ohio metals plant, not train derailment
“The five people that died in that plane crash … were supposed to go to Ohio to test the water, the soil and the air quality in East Palestine.”
The Dispatch→ Meta’s VR Albatross
(Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Mark Zuckerberg is burning billions of dollars on Meta’s virtual reality platform with no sign of payoff in sight.The post Meta’s VR Albatross appeared first on The Dis
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Heavy Metal Detox Does NOT Cure Autism
Does heavy metal detox cure autism? No, that's not true: An expert told Lead Stories there is "no evidence" that substantiates the claim that taking something for a "heavy metal detox" can cure autism. There is no known cause or cure for
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘This is Peak Greed’: Activists Blast Meta for Reinstating Trump to Facebook
The reinstatement of right-wing former United States President Donald Trump to Facebook and Instagram was roundly criticized by activists warning that it could drive “democracy to the brink.” “Meta is moving backwards, returning us to
Truth or Fiction?→ Who Had the Metal Detectors Removed From the Capitol?
Before the incoming right-wing House of Representatives majority could elect a new Speaker, metal detectors were removed from the Capitol floor on January 3 2023 — but it is unclear who ordered it to happen. The devices were installed outside of
The Dispatch→ The FTC’s Misguided Case Against Meta
FTC Commissioner Lina Khan. (Photo by Graeme Jennings/AFP/Getty Images.)Its attempt to block the acquisition of a virtual-reality app maker is more about going after Big Tech than about protecting consumers.The post The FTC’s Misguided Case Against
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Altered video appears to show Elon Musk saying he’ll buy Meta
Elon Musk said, “I predict that I will buy tomorrow the entire Meta company.”
Poynter→ Trump won’t be fact-checked on Facebook, per Meta
While the third-party fact-checking program has long been a Facebook feature that helps flag and demote misinformation shared on the platform, it does not apply to active politicians. CNN recently […] The post Trump won’t be fact-checked on Fac
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Meta sounds like the Hebrew word for “dead,” but the company lives
Facebook changed its name because it is a “dead entity” whose assets were seized.
Snopes→ Starbucks Drink Recall for ‘Metal Fragments’ Concerns 7 US States
News of a recall concerning a Starbucks prepackaged drink landed in September 2022.
Snopes→ Metal-Detecting Stranger Retrieves Woman’s Ring Lost in Sea
A woman's diamond wedding ring is back on her finger after a man with a metal detector found it at the bottom of the ocean.
Logically→ Mark Zuckerberg is David Rockefeller’s grandson, and the Rothschilds own 10% of Meta shares.
Mark Zuckerberg has no relation to David Rockefeller. According to its shareholder reports, the CIA or the Rothschilds do not hold Meta shares.
Poynter→ Meta won’t comment on its plans to abandon CrowdTangle
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it in your email every other Thursday. It started as a rumor. Following reports alleging right-wing [R