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Facebook's only UK-wide fact-checking partner has just 2 primary fact-checkers to protect 40 million users from misinformation

Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the annual Munich Security Conference in Germany, February 15, 2020.Facebook's key UK fact-checker Full Fact only has two primary fact-checkers combatting misinformation in the country.The disparity between the small size of Facebook's fact-checking team and the scale of its UK userbase raises questions about the company's ability to effectively police misinformation in the UK.

Following swathes of criticism over the past few years over the proliferation of hoaxes, misinformation, and malicious propaganda on its platform, Facebook has over the past few years partnered with 50 fact-checking organisations all over the globe.

 

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