Factcheckers often ‘young kids’ who misunderstand experts, Prof Anne Twomey tells inquiry

Constitutional law expert Prof Anne Twomey says social media platforms tend to outsource their fact-checking to young people fresh out of university who often misunderstand the experts they are relying on. ‘They’re taking on this really important role of making a decision that will lead Meta or Google or whatever to make decisions about what is true and what is false, when the factchecker themselves hasn’t properly understood what the experts have said,’ she says

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