The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

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Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • INF-5.10: On 7 January 2025 Meta announced that it would end its U.S. third-party fact-checking program, saying that "a program intended to inform too often became a tool to censor." Lead Stories, a participating fact-checker, replied that the labels and their consequences "were always 100% under the control of Meta."

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  • Exhibit 1079 January 2025 (responding to Meta's 7 January 2025 announcement). Lead Stories: Meta Ends Third-Party Fact-Checking Partnership in the U.S.