Meta’s Fact-checking: disinformation experts slam Zuckerberg’s decision
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Meta’s Fact-checking: disinformation experts slam Zuckerberg’s decision

The Hindu  

Tech giant Meta's shock announcement that it is ending its US fact-checking program triggered scathing criticism Tuesday from disinformation researchers who warned it risked opening the floodgates for false narratives. Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced the company was going to "get rid" of its third-party fact-checkers in the United States, in a sweeping policy shift that analysts saw as an attempt to appease U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. As an alternative, Zuckerberg said Meta's platforms, Facebook and Instagram, would use "Community Notes similar to X" in the United States. "Asking people, pro bono, to police the false claims that get posted on Meta's multi-billion dollar social media platforms is an abdication of social responsibility." Meta's program and external grants have been "predominant revenue streams" for global fact-checkers, according to a 2023 survey by the International Fact-Checking Network of 137 organizations across dozens of countries.

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No more fact-checking for Meta. How will this change media — and the pursuit of truth?
5 hours, 26 minutes ago

No more fact-checking for Meta. How will this change media — and the pursuit of truth?

Associated Press  

“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts,” the late New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan memorably wrote four decades ago. Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement this week was widely seen in news verification circles as a genuflection to president-elect Donald Trump, whose first term in office popularized the phrase “alternative facts.” Meta is replacing its …

Australia frets over Meta halt to U.S. fact-checking
5 hours, 51 minutes ago

Australia frets over Meta halt to U.S. fact-checking

The Hindu  

Australia is deeply concerned by Meta's decision to scrap U.S. fact-check operations on its Facebook and Instagram platforms, a senior minister said Thursday. The government -- which has been at the forefront of efforts to rein in social media giants -- was worried about a surge of false information spreading online, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said. Social media restrictions Australia has …

The X-ification of Meta
55 years ago

The X-ification of Meta

Wired  

It’s a social networking company with close ties to the incoming Trump administration. It deploys a “community notes” system to fight misinformation and lets hateful comments fly under the banner of “free speech.” It’s got a hefty side-gig in AI. Meta this week said it would torpedo its fact-checking partners in favor of X’s “community notes” model and used the …

Mark Zuckerberg ends fact-checking program, possibly as he tries to appease Donald Trump: Story in 5 points
1 day, 11 hours ago

Mark Zuckerberg ends fact-checking program, possibly as he tries to appease Donald Trump: Story in 5 points

India Today  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made a big decision to end the company’s long-standing fact-checking program, a move that has sparked debates across the tech and political verticals. The impact of this decision is wide-ranging, from how misinformation will be managed on platforms like Facebook and Instagram to the future of third-party fact-checking organisations that rely on Meta’s support. Meta …

Opinion: Meta is changing its rules and embracing Trump. What does that mean for the world?
1 day, 11 hours ago

Opinion: Meta is changing its rules and embracing Trump. What does that mean for the world?

LA Times  

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Meta, appears at the computer graphics and interactives conference SIGGRAPH 2024 in Denver. Trump and major social media platforms have been warring for years over perceived anti-conservative bias, including Meta’s decision to shutter Trump’s accounts after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Meta will err on the side of leaving up content that does not …

Meta takes first step to stop social media fact-checking in the European Union: report
1 day, 11 hours ago

Meta takes first step to stop social media fact-checking in the European Union: report

NL Times  

Meta Platforms said it is not yet planning on abandoning fact-checking efforts in the European Union of social media posts placed on its platforms. However, European Commission sources told Dutch broadcaster NOS that the tech giant already made its first move in that direction by sending the European Union’s executive body a risk analysis about the matter on Tuesday. Meta …

Meta’s Fact-Checking Partners Say They Were ‘Blindsided’ by Decision to Axe Them
55 years ago

Meta’s Fact-Checking Partners Say They Were ‘Blindsided’ by Decision to Axe Them

Wired  

Meta’s fact-checking partners claim they were “blindsided” by the company’s decision to abandon third-party fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads in favor of a Community Notes model, and some say they are now scrambling to figure out if they can survive the hole this leaves in their funding. “We heard the news just like everyone else,” says Alan Duke, cofounder …

Meta to discontinue fact-checking, rely on user-based filtration: Zuckerberg
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1 day, 20 hours ago

Meta to discontinue fact-checking, rely on user-based filtration: Zuckerberg

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Meta Platforms chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced a decision to do away with the company's long-standing fact checking teams—choosing instead to establish a ‘community notes’ mechanism akin to Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter. Zuckerberg’s other moves include backing the incoming Trump administration to influence global governments that the executive said has made it difficult for “American …

Meta Ditches Fact-Checkers Ahead of Trump’s Second Term
55 years ago

Meta Ditches Fact-Checkers Ahead of Trump’s Second Term

Wired  

Meta announced Tuesday that it is abandoning its third-party fact-checking programs on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads and replacing its army of paid moderators with a Community Notes model that mimics X’s much-maligned volunteer program, which allows users to publicly flag content they believe to be incorrect or misleading. In a video accompanying the blog post, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said …

Meta to scrap fact-checking, introduces ‘Community Notes’ for users to flag misleading posts
1 day, 22 hours ago

Meta to scrap fact-checking, introduces ‘Community Notes’ for users to flag misleading posts

Live Mint  

Meta is ending its fact-checking program in the US and replacing it with a new "Community Notes" system, the company announced on Tuesday. The new system will empower users on Meta's platforms—Facebook, Instagram, and Threads—to flag posts that may be misleading or lack proper context, shifting the responsibility for content moderation away from independent fact-checking organizations and experts. The company …

Meta gets rid of fact checkers and says it will reduce ‘censorship’
2 days, 11 hours ago

Meta gets rid of fact checkers and says it will reduce ‘censorship’

CNN  

New York CNN — In a number of sweeping changes that will significantly alter the way that posts, videos and other content are moderated online, Meta will adjust its content review policies on Facebook and Instagram, getting rid of fact checkers and replacing them with user-generated “community notes,” similar to Elon Musk’s X, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday. Meta’s newly …

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta replaces fact-checking with X-style community notes
2 days, 11 hours ago

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta replaces fact-checking with X-style community notes

New Indian Express  

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. Instead, it will pivot to a Community Notes model that uses crowdsourced fact-checking contributions from users. “We’ve seen this approach work on X – …

Meta gets rid of fact checkers and says it will reduce ‘censorship’
2 days, 11 hours ago

Meta gets rid of fact checkers and says it will reduce ‘censorship’

CNN  

New York CNN — In a number of sweeping changes that will significantly alter the way that posts, videos and other content are moderated online, Meta will adjust its content review policies on Facebook and Instagram, getting rid of fact checkers and replacing them with user-generated “community notes,” similar to Elon Musk’s X, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday. Meta’s newly …

Mark Zuckerberg’s MAGA makeover will reshape the entire internet
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2 days, 11 hours ago

Mark Zuckerberg’s MAGA makeover will reshape the entire internet

CNN  

New York CNN — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making sweeping changes to the social internet, all in line with the desires of President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters. The recent elections “feel like a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritizing speech,” Zuckerberg said in his announcement, justifying relaxed new content moderation rules on Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Tuesday …

Meta replaces fact-checking with X-style community notes
2 days, 11 hours ago

Meta replaces fact-checking with X-style community notes

LA Times  

Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, shown at a conference last year, acknowledged that the changes are in part sparked by Donald Trump’s presidential election. 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. …

Mark Zuckerberg dumps fact-checkers on Meta, Trump pleased, Elon Musk approves
2 days, 11 hours ago

Mark Zuckerberg dumps fact-checkers on Meta, Trump pleased, Elon Musk approves

India Today  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced a slew of changes to content moderation and policy on the social media platform, including the scrapping of fact-checkers in favour of X-style community notes. Instead, Meta plans to implement a "community notes" system, mirroring the model used by X, where users collaboratively provide context and clarifications to potentially contentious posts. To further …

Meta is following X's playbook on fact-checking. What it means for you
2 days, 11 hours ago

Meta is following X's playbook on fact-checking. What it means for you

LA Times  

Social media giant Meta, led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, above, is ending its U.S. fact-checking program, a major shift that conforms with the priorities of President-elect Donald Trump. Facebook parent company Meta Platforms said Tuesday that it’s ending a third-party fact-checking program in the United States, a controversial move that will change how the social media giant combats misinformation. “We …

Social media giant Meta scraps fact-checking for ‘community notes’
Top News
2 days, 11 hours ago

Social media giant Meta scraps fact-checking for ‘community notes’

Al Jazeera  

Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, says allowing fact-checkers to assess content ‘became a tool to censor’. The social media giant Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, has announced the end of its third-party fact-checking programme in the United States, saying that it will encourage “more speech” on its platform. Instead of third-party fact-checkers, Meta said it will rely on …

Report says crowd-sourced fact checks on X fail to address flood of US election misinformation
2 months, 1 week ago

Report says crowd-sourced fact checks on X fail to address flood of US election misinformation

The Independent  

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Meta kills off misinformation tracking tool CrowdTangle despite pleas from researchers, journalists
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta kills off misinformation tracking tool CrowdTangle despite pleas from researchers, journalists

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Facebook and Instagram parent Meta …

Meta kills off misinformation tracking tool CrowdTangle despite pleas from researchers, journalists
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta kills off misinformation tracking tool CrowdTangle despite pleas from researchers, journalists

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms has shut down CrowdTangle, a tool widely used by researchers, watchdog organizations and journalists to monitor social media posts, notably to track how misinformation spreads on the company’s platforms. In May, dozens of groups, including the Center for Democracy and Technology, the Digital Forensic Research Lab at the Atlantic Council, Human …

Meta under fire from European Union for not doing enough about election disinformation
8 months, 1 week ago

Meta under fire from European Union for not doing enough about election disinformation

Associated Press  

LONDON — The European Union said Tuesday that it’s investigating Facebook and Instagram for suspected violations of the bloc’s digital rulebook, including not doing enough to protect users from foreign disinformation ahead of EU-wide elections. The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, said it’s opening formal proceedings into whether parent company Meta Platforms breached the Digital Services Act, a sweeping …

‘Grave step backwards’: Meta shuts monitoring tool in election year
9 months, 1 week ago

‘Grave step backwards’: Meta shuts monitoring tool in election year

The Hindu  

A digital tool considered vital in tracking viral falsehoods, CrowdTangle will be decommissioned by Facebook owner Meta in a major election year, a move researchers fear will disrupt efforts to detect an expected firehose of political misinformation. “It represents a grave step backwards for social media platform transparency.” Meta is set to replace CrowdTangle with a new Content Library, a …

Do we need to fact-check the fact-checker?
9 months, 1 week ago

Do we need to fact-check the fact-checker?

Live Mint  

The Centre has notified a fact-checking unit to flag ‘misinformation’ about the government, with powers to issue directives. The fact-checking unit was notified under the Centre’s Press Information Bureau, giving the government body power to flag any information about the government and its affiliates that it believes to be fake or misleading. Lawyers say using legal clauses further threatens social …

Meta to Replace Widely Used Data Tool—and Largely Cut Off Reporter Access
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta to Replace Widely Used Data Tool—and Largely Cut Off Reporter Access

Live Mint  

Meta Platforms plans to shut down a data tool long used by academic researchers, journalists and others to monitor the spread of content on its Facebook and Instagram services, the company said on Thursday. Rebekah Tromble, director of the Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics at George Washington University, said that the Meta Content Library currently limits how much data …

Meta finds thousands of China-based Facebook accounts trying to influence opinions ahead of US, and India elections
1 year, 1 month ago

Meta finds thousands of China-based Facebook accounts trying to influence opinions ahead of US, and India elections

Op India  

In its latest issue of the quarterly “Adversarial Threat” report, Facebook parent Meta said it took down a network of 4789 China-based fake and misleading accounts. In its report, Meta stated that China now ranks as the third-largest geographical source of such deceptive networks carrying out what Meta calls “coordinated inauthentic behaviour”, while Russia and Iran continue to lead. The …

Facebook to clarify on pre-election activities to Italy’s watchdog
2 years, 3 months ago

Facebook to clarify on pre-election activities to Italy’s watchdog

The Hindu  

Italy's Data Protection Agency has asked Facebook to clarify the activities the social media giant has engaged in ahead of Sunday's national elections, it said on Thursday. Tech giant Meta, which owns social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, has launched an information campaign targeting potential Italian voters ahead of a parliamentary election called for September 25. A Meta …

Meta set to take action on bullying and harassment content- Know-how
2 years, 4 months ago

Meta set to take action on bullying and harassment content- Know-how

India TV News  

Meta displayed warnings on over 200 million distinct pieces of content on Facebook globally in the April-June period based on over 130,000 debunking articles written by its fact-checking partners. "We continue to make progress on the prevalence of bullying and harassment content, which is now eight to nine views per 10,000 on Facebook and four to five views per 10,000 …

Facebook and Twitter clash over fact-checking as Trump threats intensify
4 years, 7 months ago

Facebook and Twitter clash over fact-checking as Trump threats intensify

CNN  

New York CNN Business — For years, Twitter and Facebook have enjoyed a healthy rivalry: They’ve competed for acquisitions, talent and advertising dollars, and sometimes gone so far as to copy each others’ features in the never-ending pursuit to grow their audiences. But the clash between the two tech companies appeared to take on new life this week after Twitter’s …

Fake news: Govt provides fact-checking facility to check the menace
5 years, 1 month ago

Fake news: Govt provides fact-checking facility to check the menace

Live Mint  

The Press Information Bureau has created a fact checking unit in order to identify the fake news related to government and its policies circulating on various social media platforms. Send it across and we will Fact Check it for you, no questions asked.” How will the PIB fact-checking team work -If you have doubts about the authenticity of a WhatsApp …

Facebook says it isn’t fact checking politicians on the site
5 years, 3 months ago

Facebook says it isn’t fact checking politicians on the site

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook says it does not fact check politicians’ statements on its site, even if they might be false. But Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice president of global affairs, said the company has exempted politicians’ posts from its fact checking program for more than a year. Twitter also has a newsworthiness exemption in its policy that adds warning labels …

Facebook won’t fact check political statements
5 years, 3 months ago

Facebook won’t fact check political statements

Live Mint  

Facebook will not fact-check the statements politicians post to the site, the firm announced Tuesday ahead of the 2020 US elections, even as it works to discredit false information meant to manipulate public opinion. that it’s an appropriate role for us to referee political debates and prevent a politician’s speech from reaching its audience," said Nick Clegg, the company’s vice-president …

Facebook exempts politicians from third-party fact checking
5 years, 3 months ago

Facebook exempts politicians from third-party fact checking

The Quint  

San Francisco, Sep 25 Facebook has exempted politicians from its third-party fact-checking programme, saying its efforts to curb fake news and misinformation don't apply to politicians globally. However, when a politician shares previously debunked content including links, videos and photos, Facebook plans to demote that content, display related information from fact-checkers, and reject its inclusion in "From now on, we …

Instagram adds tool for users to flag false information
5 years, 4 months ago

Instagram adds tool for users to flag false information

Live Mint  

SAN FRANCISCO :Instagram is adding an option for users to report posts they think are false, the company announced on Thursday, as the Facebook-owned photo-sharing site tries to stem misinformation and other abuses on its platform. Posting false information is not banned on any of Facebook's suite of social media services, but the company is taking steps to limit the …

Facebook fact-checker says company must share more data to fight misinformation
5 years, 5 months ago

Facebook fact-checker says company must share more data to fight misinformation

Firstpost  

Facebook’s third-party fact-checking partner has urged Facebook to provide more data on how flagged content is shared over time. One of Facebook’s third-party fact-checking partners on Tuesday said the company needed to share more data with fact-checkers to better curb misinformation. The charity, which said it had earned $171,800 from fact-checking Facebook content between January and June, also raised concerns …

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