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Facebook Sets Aside $1M Apiece for Fact-Checking, Local Newsrooms During Coronavirus Pandemic

Grants go to the International Fact-Checking Network; Lenfest Institute for Journalism/Local Media Association

Grants of up to $5,000 apiece will be given to local newsrooms in the U.S. and Canadamediaphotos/iStock
By David Cohen

March 17, 2020

Facebook is putting some bucks behind its effort to ensure that news on its platform is accurate and plentiful during the coronavirus pandemic.

David Cohen

David Cohen is editor of Adweek's Social Pro Daily.

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