Snopes pulls out of its fact-checking partnership with Facebook

Snopes had been contributing to Facebook’s fact-checking partnership since December 2016, when the company announced that it was teaming up with independent fact-checking organizations to limit the reach of fake news following the 2016 U.S. election. Doreen Marchionni, Snopes’ recently hired managing editor, said current fact-checkers have aired their concerns about the Facebook partnership in two recent all-hands conference calls. In an email to Poynter, a Facebook spokesperson said that, despite Snopes’ withdrawal from the partnership, the company is still committed to improving it and working with fact-checkers around the world.

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