Facebook alters fact-checking controls for US users FMTNews FMTBusiness
Meta launched Facebook’s fact-checking feature as content moderation faced political scrutiny in the US.
Fact-checked posts can be made less visible with an option called “reduce more”. That, according to the platform’s settings, means the posts “may be moved even lower in feed so you may not see them at all”. Meta rolled out the fact-checking option in May, leaving many users to discover it for themselves in the settings.
Separately, misinformation researchers from prominent institutions such as the Stanford Internet Observatory face a Republican-led congressional inquiry as well as lawsuits from conservative activists who accuse them of promoting censorship – a charge they deny.The changes on Facebook come ahead of the 2024 presidential vote, when many researchers fear political falsehoods could explode across social media platforms.
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