Maybe in EU legislation where this privileged access is now mandated by law for every certified fact checker.
Although these aren't conventional fact checkers, they just "flag" content.
> Trusted flaggers are public and private actors with privileged access to internet platforms through which they can identify illegal and harmful content. Before DSA, trusted flaggers existed as a voluntary system.
https://www.techpolicy.press/building-trust-in-the-digital-s...
> diverse funding streams
They are not independent enough and would develop their own interests.
> narrative of persecution that serves fascistic rhetorical goals.
Yeah, fascists are known to flag content too. Otherwise this is complete conjecture.
> no institution can be trusted
No institution, which will always be dependent on government funding and special legislation, can be trusted to moderate internet content. That much is true.