Snopes is no longer part of Facebookâs fact-checking program
Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 2:54AM 
Snopes is looking beyond the walls of Facebook’s fact-checking initiative and its funding to serve the larger online community. Facebook began this program at the end of 2016—after the US presidential election and Russia’s reported meddling on social media came into focus—with the goal of battling misinformation on its platform. With data taken from its fact-checking partners—like Snopes, The Associated Press, PolitiFact, and ABC News, to name a few—Facebook would try to let you know about false or questionable “news” items showing up on your feed.
Now, Snopes announced it wasn’t renewing its contract with Facebook. The organization said it is “evaluating the ramifications and costs of providing third-party fact-checking services, and we want to determine with certainty that our efforts to aid any particular platform are a net positive for our online community, publication, and staff.”