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Is X fact-checked?
X, formerly Twitter, removed its official fact-checking system in 2022. This means that claims, like Tucker Carlson's about a potential nuclear strike, are not systematically verified by the platform itself. Users are left to judge the veracity of information, which can lead to the rapid spread of unconfirmed or misleading news.
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