Brazil says Meta getting rid of factcheckers is ‘bad for democracy'

The decision by the social media giant Meta to end factchecking in the United States is “bad for democracy”, Brazil’s newly appointed communication minister, Sidonio Palmeira, said on Wednesday.Meta’s founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, stunned many with his announcement on Tuesday that he was pulling the plug on factchecking at Facebook and Instagram in the US, citing concerns about political bias.Palmeira said Meta’s decision was “bad for democracy because [without factchecking] you don’t control the spread ...