Snopes drops its Facebook fact-checking effort to re-evaluate role

The fact-checking organization Snopes has dropped its partnership with Facebook, the company revealed today. The organization first began working as a fact-checking source for the social network in late 2016, doing so as a way to help Facebook address the glut of misinformation on its platform. Among other things, Snopes said it is “evaluating the ramifications and costs” of its …