Associated Press and Snopes will no longer be working as fact-checking partners for Facebook. The decision to end the partnership comes after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on Wednesday that fake news was “really hurting democracy” around the world. 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. David Mikkelson, founder of Snopes, and Vinny Green, its head of operations, said in a statement: “Forgoing an economic opportunity is not a decision that we or 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 decision to end the partnership comes after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on Wednesday that fake news was “really hurting democracy” around the world. 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.