Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the social media behemoth will end its third party fact-checking program in the U.S. and instead adopt a crowd-sourced “community notes” program. The inspiration for such a decision?
Meta's Mark Zuckerberg says "community notes" will now moderate content. That already happens on Elon Musk's X. Here's how they work — and don't.
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Meta to end fact-checking, replacing it with community-driven system akin to Elon Musk's X
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Elon Musk responds as Telegram CEO makes 'fun' of Facebook parent Meta over fact checking
Elon Musk applauds Zuckerberg's move ending fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram
Elon Musk praised Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg's move to end fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram, following Musk's lead after he implemented community notes on X.
Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday that Facebook will roll back its fact-checking program. Newsweek's live blog is closed.
According to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta trust and safety workers will be relocated to Texas to prevent them from “censoring” users. Experts point to other advantages.
Meta has ended its US fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram. Instead, it will implement community notes similar to the model used by X. Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced this move aligns with priorities of the incoming Donald Trump administration and aims to prioritize free speech over biased fact-checking.
Meta announced its new policy, stating that getting varied voices on the platform brings out the good, the bad, and the ugly in free speech; nonetheless, the restrictions on topics hitherto banned are now being lifted, “allowing more speech.”
Meta is to scrap independent fact-checking in favour of a system similar to that on Elon Musk’s social media platform X.
Zuckerberg wants Meta’s online platforms to put free speech over content moderation, as with Musk’s X. While freedom of expression is valuable, there’s a key test that social media posts must pass.
O n Tuesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the social media behemoth will end its third party fact-checking program in the U.S. and instead adopt a crowd-sourced “community notes” program. The inspiration for such a decision? Elon Musk’s X.
While campaigning for Donald Trump in October, Elon Musk claimed he could slash “at least $2 trillion” in government spending. Now that Musk has started laying the groundwork for his so-called “Department of Government Efficiency,” or DOGE, he’s not as confident.
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