For, a number of fact-checkers that popped up in India in the last few years are heavily reliant on funding from Meta, and any potential spillover effects of the company's stance in the US could possibly mean the end of the road for several of them.
"This is possibly the biggest existential threat many fact-checkers will have to contend with," a senior executive from a fact-checking organisation said, requesting anonymity.
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