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What is Meta's new Community Notes program, and how will it work?
Meta shocked the tech world this week by moving to overhaul its approach to fact checking. Here's what the changes mean for social media users.
Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a 'community notes' system similar to X's
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of major changes to the company's moderation policies and practices, saying the election felt like a "cultural tipping point."
Meta’s new move: What are Community Notes and can they really replace fact-checkers?
With Meta stating that it will adopt Community Notes to curb misinformation, here’s a breakdown of how the new feature will likely be implemented.
Meta to move away from third-party fact-checkers, adopt 'Community Notes'
Meta on Tuesday announced it will end its third-party fact-checking program and shift to a user-generated "Community Notes" format. The parent company of Facebook and Instagram said it will begin to "phase in" the Community Notes model in the United States in the next few months and will also undo efforts to reduce the amount of political content on its platforms while giving users the opportunity to tailor how much they see.
How Meta's new community notes program might work as fact-checking ends for Facebook, Instagram
Meta is ending fact-checking on its platforms and moving to a community notes-style program like the one found on X. CBS News Confirmed executive producer Melissa Mahtani has more on what the new program could look like.
Meta ditches fact-checking for community notes ahead of second Trump term
"While Zuckerberg characterized the platform giant’s new approach as a defence of free speech, its real intentions are twofold: Ditch the technology company’s responsibility to protect its many users and align the company more closely with an incoming president who’s a known enemy of accountability," Benavidez said in the press release.
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will replace 3rd-party fact-checkers with community notes
Mark Zuckerberg also announced Meta would ease political-content restrictions.
Meta just ditched fact-checking for community notes in a free speech push
Getting a post fact-checked or outright banned on Facebook has turned into a bit of a running joke. Meta's fact-checkers have terrorized Facebook and Instagram for several years, spawning an entire ecosystem of memes about it, but those days have come to an abrupt end after Meta announced it is shutting them down.
Meta to end fact-checking, replacing it with community-driven system akin to Elon Musk's X
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday said the social media company is ending its fact-checking program and replacing it with a community-driven system similar to that of Elon Musk's X.
Meta pivots to community fact-checking ahead of Trump term
Instead, Meta will follow the lead of X under Elon Musk and rely on crowd-sourced Community Notes to provide additional context on posts. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with David Gilbert,
Meta says it's ending its fact-checking program and replacing it with a community-driven system
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that the social media company is getting rid of its fact-checking program. Instead, it will rely on a community-driven system where users correct inaccurate posts.
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's 'community notes' are inspired by Elon Musk's X. Here's how they work — and how they don't.
Meta's Mark Zuckerberg says "community notes" will now moderate content. That already happens on Elon Musk's X. Here's how ...
Meta Turns to Community Notes, Mirroring X
Social media companies are abandoning years of fact-checking practices as Republicans criticize it as censorship.
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Adkins: Meta’s Community Notes are Not a Disaster
Fact-checking is essential, but leaving it to social media platforms risks undermining democracy and suppressing diverse voices.
Social media community notes help with fact-checking: Michael Shellenberger | Cuomo
Michael Shellenberger, founder of the Substack "Public," joins NewsNation's "CUOMO" to discuss Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's ...