Associated Press and AP will no longer be working as fact - checking partners for Facebook . The social media company originally started employing outside assistance for fact checking in December 2016 following criticism it spread fabricated news during that year 's US elections , notably stories concerning Hillary Clinton . Independent firm Snopes said it ended its partnership with Facebook as it wanted to guarantee its work was ultimately beneficial to its " online community , publication and staff " . It did not completely rule out working with it again . AP confirmed it was not working with the social media site but would continue offering fact - checking services .
Associated Press and Snopes will no longer be working as fact-checking partners for Facebook. The social media company originally started employing outside assistance for fact checking in December 2016 following criticism it spread fabricated news during that year's US elections, notably stories concerning Hillary Clinton. Independent firm Snopes said it ended its partnership with Facebook as it wanted to guarantee its work was ultimately beneficial to its "online community, publication and staff". It did not completely rule out working with it again. AP confirmed it was not working with the social media site but would continue offering fact-checking services.