Today it launches the new Reuters Fact Check business unit and blog, announcing that it will become one of the third-party partners tasked with debunking lies spread on the social network.

The company confirmed this was the case, telling TechCrunch that it hasn’t finalized the ability for fact-checkers to rate content directly on Threads yet, but would soon.

Yesterday, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) released a report arguing that, in fact, tech reporting is too “pessimistic” about tech, and plays up concerns with ...

Obviously, implementing a partnership between fact-checkers and Google would be harder and more complicated than with smaller ad tech companies.

Did these guys coordinate? Over the course of one week, we saw notable announcements from four major tech platforms. Each seemed like a positive if small step forward — and each also raised ...