Why is Mark Zuckerberg's Meta replacing stringent fact checks with ‘liberal’ community notes?
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Why is Mark Zuckerberg's Meta replacing stringent fact checks with ‘liberal’ community notes?

Hindustan Times  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company will roll out a new feature called “community notes” in place of a stringent formal fact-checking program in the US. Social media giant Meta on January 7, 2025, slashed its content moderation policies, including ending its US fact-checking programme, in a major shift that conforms with the priorities of incoming president Donald Trump. Facebook posts alleging ‘rigging’ after the 2020 results, including Trump's repeated claims, are believed to have played a major role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Zuckerberg also appointed Ultimate Fighting Championship chief executive Dana White, a key Trump ally, to Meta's board.

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Meta to test ‘Community Notes’ using algorithm from Elon Musk’s X
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Meta to test ‘Community Notes’ using algorithm from Elon Musk’s X

Al Jazeera  

Tech giant says it expects new feature to be ‘less biased’ than previous third-party fact-checking program. Meta has said that its “Community Notes” feature intended to replace third-party fact checkers will use the open-source algorithm developed by Elon Musk’s X. Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced the moderation shake-up in January amid a flurry of moves by Big Tech to …

Social media rollbacks opening 'floodgates' of hate: UN chief
1 month, 1 week ago

Social media rollbacks opening 'floodgates' of hate: UN chief

New Indian Express  

GENEVA: Rollbacks on social media fact-checking and moderation safeguards are reopening the floodgates of hate, the UN chief warned Monday, saying the poisonous atmosphere would lead to free speech shrinking. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said people would become increasingly fearful to engage on social media. Guterres said at best, social media was a meeting ground for people to exchange ideas …

Once a Trump critic, Mark Zuckerberg pivots toward the president
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Once a Trump critic, Mark Zuckerberg pivots toward the president

LA Times  

Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg arrives for the inauguration of President Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C. Before Donald Trump kicked off his second term as president, Meta Platforms Chief Executive and founder Mark Zuckerberg took another big swing at hitting reset. In a nearly three-hour conversation with Joe Rogan, a hugely popular podcaster …

Mark Zuckerberg defends Meta’s right-wing swing, complains about media leaks: Report
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2 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg defends Meta’s right-wing swing, complains about media leaks: Report

The Hindu  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg during an all-hands meeting defended a right-wing swing that will see the social media company aligning more closely with the U.S. government, as he also complained that his statements were often leaked. He also addressed Meta loosening restrictions around topics such as gender and immigration, by noting that he wanted the platform to facilitate discussions without …

Mark Zuckerberg Turns His Back on the Media
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg Turns His Back on the Media

Wired  

There was a time when Mark Zuckerberg didn’t regard mainstream media as the enemy. “I think we're doing the right thing,” he told me, “It’s just that we should've done it sooner.” Seven years later, Zuckerberg no longer thinks more moderation is the right thing. Fact checks by trusted sources would be replaced by “community notes,” a crowdsourcing approach where …

Meta's 'Community Notes' model will not apply to paid ads: Report
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Meta's 'Community Notes' model will not apply to paid ads: Report

The Hindu  

Facebook parent Meta assured advertisers this week that its "Community Notes", similar to that used on Elon Musk-owned social media platform X, will not apply to paid ads when they arrive later this year, the Wall Street Journal reported. Community Notes on Meta platforms will be enabled for organic content, which means posts that Meta hasn't been paid to promote, …

Users abandon Meta platforms after it takes away speech protections, fact-checks
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Users abandon Meta platforms after it takes away speech protections, fact-checks

Hindustan Times  

Just days after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of ‘right-wing’ changes to company policies ahead of Donald Trump taking office, many users are boycotting the company's platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram, reported NBC News. Users are leaving Meta platforms Meta recently ended its third-party fact-checking programme in the United States and disbanded its diversity, equity and …

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry take aim at Mark Zuckerberg over ‘harmful’ Meta change
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry take aim at Mark Zuckerberg over ‘harmful’ Meta change

The Independent  

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Mark Zuckerberg’s gaslighting can’t hide the truth for Donald Trump
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg’s gaslighting can’t hide the truth for Donald Trump

Salon  

When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his company’s shameful decision to end fact-checking on its Facebook and Instagram platforms last Tuesday, he defended his decision in a five-minute video, claiming that it represented a return to the company’s “founding values.” In truth, Meta’s bottom line and Zuckerberg’s well-known tendency to accommodate himself to the prevailing political winds are the only …

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to get Parliamentary panel summon over his recent remark
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to get Parliamentary panel summon over his recent remark

India TV News  

Dr. Nishikant Dubey, who chairs the parliamentary committee on Communications and Information Technology, recently announced that the committee plans to summon Meta in response to a statement made by CEO Mark Zuckerberg regarding the 18th Lok Sabha elections. This statement follows Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw's criticism of Zuckerberg's claim that the incumbent Indian government lost the 2024 elections due to …

DC Edit | Meta wrong to end fact checks
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

DC Edit | Meta wrong to end fact checks

Deccan Chronicle  

At the core of this restructuring lies Zuckerberg’s decision to relax content moderation rules and phase out the third-party fact-checking platforms, which he claimed were stifling free speech and promoting bias. The company, which owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads, will use the community notes system, which is similar to the one used by Trump’s ally Elon Musk-led social media …

Advertisers’ concerned over Meta's ‘free speech’ overhaul, Zuckerberg's attempts to cosy up to Trump
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Advertisers’ concerned over Meta's ‘free speech’ overhaul, Zuckerberg's attempts to cosy up to Trump

Firstpost  

By scrapping its fact-checking programme and relaxing hate speech rules, Meta risks losing the trust of brands, which generates a major chunk of its $135 billion annual revenue. Advertising executives have voiced apprehensions, with some calling the changes a “commercial conundrum.” Zuckerberg’s move coincides with a noticeable shift towards aligning Meta with Trump’s administration and Elon Musk’s ideology. Image Credit: …

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes a dig at Apple’s App Store commission
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes a dig at Apple’s App Store commission

The Hindu  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg did not hold back from criticising iPhone-maker Apple during an episode of the Joe Rogan podcast on January 10, claiming innovation within the hardware company had slowed down while also calling out their “random rules.” In particular, Zuckerberg took aim at Apple’s commission policy for developers on its app store. “On the one hand it’s been …

'Where's the line?' MSNBC's Steele hammers Zuckerberg for allowing attacks on young girls
2 months, 2 weeks ago

'Where's the line?' MSNBC's Steele hammers Zuckerberg for allowing attacks on young girls

Raw Story  

MSNBC's Michael Steele raged at Meta's Mark Zuckerberg Sunday for doing away with fact-checking and allowing "suggestive comments" beneath the pictures of "young girls" on its platforms, among other questionable practices. Steele, Symone Sanders-Townsend, and Alicia Menendez all expressed outrage as they read "permissible" posts from a leaked Meta training manual published by The Intercept. Alicia Menendez interjected, "I also …

'Misleading' and 'not true': EU official slams Meta CEO Zuckerberg over censorship claim
2 months, 2 weeks ago

'Misleading' and 'not true': EU official slams Meta CEO Zuckerberg over censorship claim

Firstpost  

Zuckerberg had criticised Europe’s regulatory landscape. The rebuttal is one of the strongest responses from an EU official amid ongoing tensions with US tech companies over regulatory compliance European Commission Vice President Henna Virkkunen dismissed Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s claim that the European Union is “institutionalising censorship,” calling the statement misleading and untrue. Zuckerberg had criticised Europe’s regulatory landscape, saying, …

Why is Meta shutting down fact-checkers? | Explained
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Why is Meta shutting down fact-checkers? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: On January 7, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company will get rid of fact-checkers and simplify content policies by removing restrictions on topics as it is “out of touch with mainstream discourse.” In a five-minute video, he said that the company will return to its roots as the fact-checkers have been “too politically biased” and …

Latin American Fact-Checkers Brace for Meta’s Next Moves
55 years, 3 months ago

Latin American Fact-Checkers Brace for Meta’s Next Moves

Wired  

It was 2016, and the problem of fake news kept Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, up at night. For the first time, the question of the platform's influence on the political landscape was being addressed—US lawmakers demanded that the company “protect democracy.” Eventually, Zuckerberg would appear before the Senate in 2018. Independent fact-checkers took on a leading role in debunking, …

Biden blasts 'shameful' Meta decision to scrap U.S. fact-checking
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden blasts 'shameful' Meta decision to scrap U.S. fact-checking

The Hindu  

U.S. President Joe Biden blasted Meta on Friday for scrapping fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in the United States, calling the move "really shameful" after a global network warned of real-world harm if the tech giant expands its decision to other countries. Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg triggered alarm Tuesday when he announced the Palo Alto company was ditching third-party …

President Biden says Meta scrapping fact-checking in US is ‘really shameful’
2 months, 3 weeks ago

President Biden says Meta scrapping fact-checking in US is ‘really shameful’

Hindustan Times  

US President Joe Biden on Friday condemned social media giant Meta's recent move to replace a stringent fact-checking program with ‘liberal’ Community Notes and said the move was “completely contrary” to American values. ‘Real-world harm’ Biden's condemnation comes as the International Fact-Checking Network, in a letter to founder Mark Zuckerberg, warned of “real-world harm” if Meta decides to emulate the …

Biden slams Meta for scrapping fact-checking in US, calls the move 'shameful'
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden slams Meta for scrapping fact-checking in US, calls the move 'shameful'

Firstpost  

The International Fact-Checking Network has warned of devastating consequences if Meta broadens its policy shift beyond US borders to the company’s programs covering more than 100 countries US President Joe Biden blasted Meta Friday for scrapping fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in the United States, calling the move “really shameful” after a global network warned of real-world harm if the …

Free speech or free fall? What the end of Meta's fact-checking partnership portends
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Free speech or free fall? What the end of Meta's fact-checking partnership portends

New Indian Express  

Meta is handing over the keys of the kingdom to the users. CEO Mark Zuckerberg's recent announcement to end his social media giant's fact-checking partnership with trusted organisations has thrown up this billion-dollar question. Zuckerberg’s move, which according to him aims to embrace free speech, shifts responsibility from moderators to the community itself, a model similar to that of X's …

Mark Zuckerberg says users exiting Meta over fact-checking reforms is ‘virtue signaling’
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg says users exiting Meta over fact-checking reforms is ‘virtue signaling’

Live Mint  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded defiantly to criticism of his company’s recent decision to eliminate third-party fact-checking and relax content moderation rules across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. “I think Community Notes will be more effective than fact-checkers, reducing the number of people whose accounts get mistakenly banned is good, people want to be able to discuss civic topics and make …

Fact-checking network refutes Zuckerberg's claims of censorship on Meta platform
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Fact-checking network refutes Zuckerberg's claims of censorship on Meta platform

Hindustan Times  

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's claim that the fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram has veered into censorship is "false", the International Fact-Checking Network said Thursday. The International Fact-Checking Network says that Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Meta, is "false" when he says that Facebook and Instagram's fact-checking programs have turned into censorship.) "This is false, and …

Trump's mysterious relationship with Zuckerberg — and the real reason behind Meta's shift
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump's mysterious relationship with Zuckerberg — and the real reason behind Meta's shift

Raw Story  

Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced yesterday morning that across their over-7-billion-user-strong social media empire — Facebook, Instagram, Threads, WhatsApp — they’ll be dialing back on fact-checking. — Free or inexpensive college doesn’t benefit the nation, but student debt builds “individual responsibility.” — The Democratic Party is filled with sexual monsters and child predators who drink blood. Meta and X could …

Courting Trump, Zuckerberg ditches DEI and kills off LGBTQ+ themes for Facebook Messenger
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Courting Trump, Zuckerberg ditches DEI and kills off LGBTQ+ themes for Facebook Messenger

Salon  

Meta is continuing to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, from changing its own hiring practices to eliminating user themes that celebrated LGBTQ+ rights. Meta says it's axing the programs because the “legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the United States is changing,” per a memo obtained by Axios. Meta isn’t alone in …

Meta, Facebook to drop fact-checkers: What does this mean for social media?
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta, Facebook to drop fact-checkers: What does this mean for social media?

Al Jazeera  

Meta, the owner of Facebook and other social media platforms, will implement major changes to its content moderation policies, founder Mark Zuckerberg announced this week in a video titled, “More speech and fewer mistakes”. Among the changes, Meta’s use of fact-checking organisations will end abolished and the group will switch to a system of community notes – similar to those …

Meta’s move to end fact-checking reflects turn toward freewheeling internet
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta’s move to end fact-checking reflects turn toward freewheeling internet

Al Jazeera  

Mark Zuckerberg’s invocation of ‘cultural tipping point’ comes as number of fact-checking initiatives has plateaued. “This move by Meta is definitely part of a larger trend, with fact-checking undergoing some headwinds globally,” John P Wihbey, associate professor of media innovation and technology at Northeastern University in Canada, told Al Jazeera. “I consider Meta’s decision to be part of a widespread …

Meta oversight board members say losing fact-checking could undermine public trust
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta oversight board members say losing fact-checking could undermine public trust

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two members of Meta’s independent Oversight Board have warned that …

As Meta shifts away from professional fact-checkers, Indian firms await clarity
2 months, 3 weeks ago

As Meta shifts away from professional fact-checkers, Indian firms await clarity

The Hindu  

Indian fact-checking organisations are on tenterhooks as they await the consequences of Meta’s decision to abandon its partnerships with professional fact-checking organisations in favour of a community-led model, starting with the U.S. Amitabh Kumar, founder of Social and Media Matters, which has worked with large social media platforms, said that he was trying to keep an open mind on Meta’s …

No more fact-checking for Meta. How will this change media — and the pursuit of truth?
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2 months, 3 weeks 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 …

No more fact-checking for Meta. How will this change media — and the pursuit of truth?
2 months, 3 weeks ago

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

New Indian Express  

“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. That seems like a simpler time — especially when you consider Meta’s decision to end a fact-checking program on social media apps Facebook, Instagram and Threads and what the ramifications might be for an industry …

Meta rolls back hate speech rules as Zuckerberg cites ‘recent elections’ as a catalyst
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta rolls back hate speech rules as Zuckerberg cites ‘recent elections’ as a catalyst

Associated Press  

It wasn’t just fact-checking that Meta scrapped from its platforms as it prepares for the second Trump administration. For instance, Meta has added the following to its rules — called community standards — that users are asked to abide by: “We do allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious …

Zuckerberg ends fact-checking on Meta's Facebook, Instagram: Why it could lead to a flood of misinformation
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Zuckerberg ends fact-checking on Meta's Facebook, Instagram: Why it could lead to a flood of misinformation

Firstpost  

Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta has announced that it will end its fact-checking programme in the US, citing that the checkers have become ‘too biased’. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook and Instagram would be ending their current third party fact checking programme in the United States and instead begin moving to a Community Notes programme. Opening floodgates to misinformation While …

Meta eliminates fact-checking in latest bow to Trump
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta eliminates fact-checking in latest bow to Trump

Deccan Chronicle  

Meta chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced changes to content moderation on Facebook and Instagram long sought by conservatives. Nonetheless, Republican-controlled states have banned future donations to local elections offices and Trump himself threatened to imprison Zuckerberg in a book published in September, during the peak of the presidential campaign.Zuckerberg released a video Tuesday using some of the …

Mark Zuckerberg's MAGA conversion is complete as he tears up the internet and remakes it in Trump's image
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg's MAGA conversion is complete as he tears up the internet and remakes it in Trump's image

Daily Mail  

Mark Zuckerberg's announcement that he will end 'fact-checking' on Meta completes his turn from a man who banned Trump from his platform to a full supporter of the president-elect. Mark Zuckerberg 's announcement that he will end 'fact-checking' on Meta completes his turn from a man who banned Trump from his platform to a full supporter of the president-elect Zuckerberg …

Meta’s Fact-checking: disinformation experts slam Zuckerberg’s decision
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

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 …

X boss Linda Yaccarino praises Meta’s decision to scrap fact checkers
2 months, 3 weeks ago

X boss Linda Yaccarino praises Meta’s decision to scrap fact checkers

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The head of X has called Meta’s decision to scrap fact checkers and …

Fact-checkers, targeted by MAGA loyalists, blast Zuckerberg’s assertion their work was ‘biased’
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Fact-checkers, targeted by MAGA loyalists, blast Zuckerberg’s assertion their work was ‘biased’

CNN  

New York CNN — Meta’s surprise decision to scrap its fact-checking partnerships – blindsiding journalists involved in the program and putting some out of work – is part of a much bigger shift in media and politics. “In fact, we would have lost our contract if they suspected it.” Duke said his website will stay in business – it has …

Video: Mark Zuckerberg revamps Meta's content moderation policies
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Video: Mark Zuckerberg revamps Meta's content moderation policies

India Today  

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, announced a major shift in content moderation policies across the company’s platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. The move aims to prioritise free speech, overhauling the current system with a new community-driven approach inspired by Elon Musk’s X. In a video message, Zuckerberg said, “It’s time to get back to our roots around free expression …

Zuckerberg’s MAGA turn insulates Meta for a while. But the business has bigger problems
Top News
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Zuckerberg’s MAGA turn insulates Meta for a while. But the business has bigger problems

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. New York CNN — Four years ago, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg banned Donald Trump from Facebook and Instagram, saying the risks of allowing him on the platforms were “simply too great” after Trump repeatedly used the sites to broadcast election lies and cheer on the January 6 mob. In …

Opinion: Meta is changing its rules and embracing Trump. What does that mean for the world?
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2 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Mark Zuckerberg ends fact-checking program, possibly as he tries to appease Donald Trump: Story in 5 points
2 months, 3 weeks 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 …

After Trump's election win, Meta is firing fact checkers and making big changes
2 months, 3 weeks ago

After Trump's election win, Meta is firing fact checkers and making big changes

ABC  

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has announced a bunch of big changes for Facebook, Instagram and Threads. He says Donald Trump's election win represents a "cultural tipping point" in favour of free speech, and his company will work with Trump to push back on censorship. Zuckerberg also said Meta would "get rid of a bunch of restrictions" on how people can …

Biden's short-lived 'disinformation czar' rages at Meta for ditching 'fact checking' censors
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden's short-lived 'disinformation czar' rages at Meta for ditching 'fact checking' censors

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden's former disinformation czar has blasted Meta for ditching its fact checkers. Nina Jankowicz slammed CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision as a 'full bending of the knee to Trump'. President Joe Biden's former disinformation czar Nina Jankowicz has blasted Meta for ditching its fact checkers Jankowicz slammed CEO Mark Zuckerberg for a 'full bending of the knee to Trump' …

Meta’s Fact-Checking Partners Say They Were ‘Blindsided’ by Decision to Axe Them
55 years, 3 months 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 …

Mark Zuckerberg's censorship admission
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg's censorship admission

Daily Mail  

Mark Zuckerberg admitted Meta and Facebook censored conservative opinions on an industrial scale but has now vowed to make both sites beacons of free speech. In a five minute video message shared to his Facebook profile, the 40-year-old said: 'We're going to get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies and restoring free expression on …

Zuckerberg follows Musk suit, drops Facebook's fact-checking programme
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Zuckerberg follows Musk suit, drops Facebook's fact-checking programme

Firstpost  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced that the company will end its third-party fact-checking programme and move to a so-called community notes model, according to a report Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced that the company will end its third-party fact-checking programme and move to a so-called community notes model. “We’re going to get back to our roots, …

Meta to discontinue fact-checking, rely on user-based filtration: Zuckerberg
Top News
2 months, 3 weeks 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 Buries Third-Party Fact-Checking Program, Replaces It With Community Notes Akin To X
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta Buries Third-Party Fact-Checking Program, Replaces It With Community Notes Akin To X

ABP News  

Meta is burying its third-party fact-checking program and borrowing a feature from Elon Musk-owned X to replace it. Facebook and Instagram owner Meta is scrapping its third-party fact-checking system and bringing the Community Notes program in its place, it will be similar to the Community Notes that we see on X. Meta made this announcement, and the reasoning given behind …

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