Meta eliminates fact-checking in latest bow to Trump
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Facebook and Instagram owner Meta said Tuesday it’s scrapping its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with a Community Notes program written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk’s social media platform X.
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Facebook and Instagram owner Meta said Tuesday it’s scrapping its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with a Community Notes program written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk’s social media platform X.
Meta announced major changes Tuesday to its monitoring and curbing of speech and political content, calling it a return to its "roots" in support of free expression.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that third-party fact checkers will be replaced by "community notes" on Facebook and Instagram, to help address the perception of bias.
Bending to the political headwinds of the incoming Trump administration, Facebook and Instagram owner Meta is scrapping its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with “community notes” written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk’s social platform X.
Meta says it is getting rid of its fact-checking program and relying on community notes in an alignment with Trump administration's focus on free expression.
Meta Platforms is ending third-party fact-checking programs on its platforms, starting in the U.S., a move CEO Mark Zuckerberg said is designed to restore free expression.
Meta will replace its third-party fact-checking program in the U.S. with a crowd-sourced community notes program similar to the one used by X, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on his Facebook page on Tuesday morning. The wide-ranging video message framed the decision as a move to "dramatically re…
