Facebook follows X and dumps fact checkers for community notes
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.
Starting in the U.S., Meta will end its fact checking program with independent third parties. The company said it decided to end the program because expert fact checkers had their own biases and too much content ended up being fact checked.“We’ve seen this approach work on X – where they empower their community to decide when posts are potentially misleading and need more context,” Meta’s Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan said in a blog post. The social media company also said plans to allow “more speech” by lifting some restrictions on some topics that are part of mainstream discussion in order to focus on illegal and “high severity violations” like terrorism, child sexual exploitation and drugs. Meta said that its approach of building complex systems to manage content on its platforms has “gone too far” and has made “too many mistakes” and censored too much content. CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged that the changes are in part sparked by Donald Trump’s presidential election victory. “The recent elections also feel like a cultural tipping point towards tower once again prioritizing speech,” Zuckerberg said in an online video.Widow of late Padres chairman Peter Seidler sues two of husband’s brothers over control of teamSDG&E might turn off power to nearly 65,000 to reduce wildfire threat during Santa Ana windstormBryce Miller: Seidler family’s fight over control of Padres raises concerning questions¿Puede California mantener a los agentes de Inmigración alejados de las escuelas? Los legisladores quieren intentarloCan a once-toxic shoreline solve Mission Bay’s recreation needs? San Diego readies rival visions for South Shores
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