Meta tells Brazil it won’t end fact-checks outside US ‘at this time’

Social media giant Meta told Brazil it would not end fact-checking outside the United States until it had fully tested the changes, according to a note from the company published Tuesday.

Meta is “at this time ending its independent fact-checking program in the United States only, where we will test and refine Community Ratings before beginning any expansion to other countries,” the company said, responding to a 72-hour deadline to explain its fact-checking policy for Brazil.