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Sky News Australia has launched legal action against RMIT FactLab over its verdicts that deem certain claims from the broadcasters presenters to be false, demanding they are retracted.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Apr. 4, 2023) — The International Fact-Checking Network at the nonprofit Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalistic excellence,…

Facebook suspended a fact checker that was caught election meddling last week, according to Sky News Australia.

Australia’s national broadcaster has become embroiled in RMIT’s foreign-funded fact checking scandal with a prominent Senator calling for a review into the ABC’s partnership with the university.

After Meta suspended RMIT FactLab's participation in its fact-checking program, the International Fact-Checking Network defended the group.

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Facebook has ditched Melbournes RMIT University as its fact checker following complaints about how it handled material on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

Facebook has suspended an Australian fact checking operation from policing content on its platform after a Sky News Australia investigation uncovered a secret foreign-funded bid to influence the upcoming Voice referendum.

Meta spokesperson says suspension was decided after voice opponents raised criticism and apparent lapse in accreditation

Fact-checkers rule the Wild West of Facebook and have now expanded their efforts to interfere in Australian el