Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian described Meta’s decision to end third-party fact-checking on its platforms as a “pragmatic” move, calling it a reversal of an unviable program that was impossible to do at scale or in real-time. The decision, made just before Donald Trump’s second term, aimed to replace the program with a community-based system, marking a significant shift in Meta’s approach to tackling misinformation globally. The rollback will initially impact the U.S. but not other countries, signaling a change in how Meta plans to address the spread of false information on its platforms.
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Baby killed after being thrown from car window ‘when mum didn’t strap him in properly’
A young mother, Morgan Kiely, is on trial for gross negligence manslaughter after her seven-month-old son, Harry, died when he was thrown from an improperly secured car seat during a crash on July 13, 2022. The court heard that Kiely and a friend had been drinking at the beach, and Harry suffered fatal injuries after landing on the road when their car rolled over in an accident. Want More Context? 🔎
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