What happened: The head of content policy at the META, a global social media company, organized a virtual session for the Pakistani journalists in order to applaud them for countering misinformation. Meta applauded journalists for countering misinformation on the Meta-owned platforms like Messenger, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram. Details: Alice Budisatrijo, during the session, shared, “Meta also significantly reduces the distribution of Facebook and Instagram posts when flagged as false by fact-checkers.” Alice also shared that Meta has a strict policy on misinformation as a three-step technique is used to contain misinformation. What does Meta do? “Meta removes the most dangerous sorts of false data essentially straight away, together with content material that violates its requirements and may result in real-world violence or imminent hurt..”