{"id":214430,"date":"2025-01-13T22:26:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T22:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/13\/brazil-gives-meta-72-hours-to-explain-changes-to-fact-checking-program\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T22:26:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T22:26:33","slug":"brazil-gives-meta-72-hours-to-explain-changes-to-fact-checking-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/13\/brazil-gives-meta-72-hours-to-explain-changes-to-fact-checking-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil Gives Meta 72 Hours to Explain Changes to Fact-Checking Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/i.gadgets360cdn.com\/large\/meta_reuters_1690955895413.jpg?fit=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Brazil Gives Meta 72 Hours to Explain Changes to Fact-Checking Program\" title=\"Brazil Gives Meta 72 Hours to Explain Changes to Fact-Checking Program\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Brazil&#8217;s government will give Meta until Monday to explain the changes to its fact-checking program, Solicitor General Jorge Messias said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes after the social media company scrapped its US fact-checking program and reduced curbs on discussions around topics such as immigration and gender identity.<\/p>\n<p>It is not immediately clear exactly what will happen after the deadline expires.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;d like to express the Brazilian government&#8217;s enormous concern about the policy adopted by the <a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com\/tags\/meta\">Meta<\/a> company, which is like an airport windsock, changing its position all the time according to the winds,&#8221; Messias, the government&#8217;s top lawyer, told reporters in Brasilia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Brazilian society will not be at the mercy of this kind of policy,\u201d Messias added.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the changes were &#8220;extremely serious&#8221; and announced he had called a meeting to discuss the topic.<\/p>\n<p>Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>In announcing the move on Tuesday, CEO <a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com\/tags\/mark-zuckerberg\">Mark Zuckerberg<\/a> cited &#8220;too many mistakes and too much censorship&#8221;. A spokesperson said on Tuesday that, for now, Meta was planning the changes only for the US market.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters, which was a Meta partner on its US fact-checking program, has declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2025<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com\/social-networking\/news\/brazil-meta-72-hours-expain-changes-fact-checking-programme-7462294#rss-gadgets-news\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazil&#8217;s government will give Meta until Monday to explain the changes to its fact-checking program, Solicitor General Jorge Messias said on Friday. The move comes after the social media company scrapped its US fact-checking program and reduced curbs on discussions around topics such as immigration and gender identity. 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