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Jose Garcia

(2,966 posts)
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 07:19 AM Tuesday

Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a 'community notes' system similar to X

Source: MSN

Meta is scrapping its fact-checking program with trusted partners and replacing it with a community-driven system similar to X’s Community Notes, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday.

The change will affect Facebook and Instagram, two of the largest social media platforms in the world, each boasting billions of users, as well as Threads.

"We're gonna get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies and restoring free expression on our platforms," Zuckerberg said in a video. "More specifically, here's what we're going to do. First, we're going to get rid of fact checkers and replace them with community notes similar to X, starting in the U.S."

Zuckerberg pointed to the election as a major influence on the company's decision, and criticized "governments and legacy media" for allegedly pushing "to censor more and more."

Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna186468

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Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a 'community notes' system similar to X (Original Post) Jose Garcia Tuesday OP
"free expression" - Lies and Conspiracy Theories. groundloop Tuesday #1
As if The Madcap Tuesday #2
I have seen Fb remove MAGA lies. Now that guardrail is being eliminated. John1956PA Tuesday #3
Yep....they did during Covid and kicked Trump off the site. Those days are long gone Bengus81 Tuesday #16
Translation: "The election was won by a RW bully, even all my money won't be enough to appease him, highplainsdem Tuesday #4
As long as people continue feeding the vermin, they will thrive. Don't blame zuckerberg, musk, bezos, etc. It is the JohnSJ Tuesday #5
Why can't we blame it on facebook? Is there an alternative where this crap isn't happening? n/t SupportSanity Tuesday #12
I get along quite well without social media thank-you. The fact is people are addicted to the sparing that occurs on JohnSJ Tuesday #13
BlueSky yankee87 Tuesday #15
Facts are for losers IronLionZion Tuesday #6
Reliance on social media for information can take us off the deep end HereForTheParty Tuesday #7
Sadly it already has. groundloop Tuesday #9
They censored this in October, and ignored an appeal. pnwmom Tuesday #8
Maybe marketing echo-chamber nonsense as "content" translates to advertising revenue. n/t BadgerKid Tuesday #10
K & R - This is for all those who need a reason to FINALLY QUIT FACEBOOK! FakeNoose Tuesday #11
I've never trusted Facebook - from the beginning. I never joined. SupportSanity Tuesday #14
Post removed Post removed Tuesday #17
My Mom sent me a fb infographic with the headline "Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, mahina Tuesday #18

The Madcap

(721 posts)
2. As if
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 07:42 AM
Tuesday

Facebook couldn't get any worse. Now there will be even more pure propaganda. I am so glad I never signed up for it.

John1956PA

(3,487 posts)
3. I have seen Fb remove MAGA lies. Now that guardrail is being eliminated.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 08:09 AM
Tuesday

When is comes to MAGA lies, I am astounded at the extent that they are bought into by Fb members who have successful careers and who have many contacts in their communities. Without fact checking those MAGA lies for themselves, those gullible MAGA Fb members will blindly repost them.

Bengus81

(7,558 posts)
16. Yep....they did during Covid and kicked Trump off the site. Those days are long gone
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 01:13 PM
Tuesday

but so is my fb page for a couple of years now.

highplainsdem

(53,009 posts)
4. Translation: "The election was won by a RW bully, even all my money won't be enough to appease him,
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 08:14 AM
Tuesday

so we're copying the free-but-fake-moderation used on another RW bully's platform so RW bullies can control Meta that way."

JohnSJ

(96,894 posts)
5. As long as people continue feeding the vermin, they will thrive. Don't blame zuckerberg, musk, bezos, etc. It is the
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 08:20 AM
Tuesday

American public that keeps it going.

SupportSanity

(1,210 posts)
12. Why can't we blame it on facebook? Is there an alternative where this crap isn't happening? n/t
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 12:56 PM
Tuesday

JohnSJ

(96,894 posts)
13. I get along quite well without social media thank-you. The fact is people are addicted to the sparing that occurs on
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 01:00 PM
Tuesday

those platforms. In reality it accomplishes NOTHING, and no one's mind is changed from their participation in their own bubblies.



yankee87

(2,428 posts)
15. BlueSky
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 01:09 PM
Tuesday

Get rid of facebook, threads and Instagram. Bluesky, Reddit and here is where I see. Also, I'm going to socialist websites.

IronLionZion

(47,284 posts)
6. Facts are for losers
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 08:38 AM
Tuesday

Winners spew BS with no consequences or questions. Enjoy the medical advice from people who "do their own research".

SupportSanity

(1,210 posts)
14. I've never trusted Facebook - from the beginning. I never joined.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 01:05 PM
Tuesday

And Facebook has never disappointed me. They've never been trustworthy.

Their lack or privacy - and the release of massive amounts of private information several times.

Cambridge Analytica - that should've been enough to lose most of their clients - but that wasn't enough.

Not protecting clients from America's enemies during elections.

If Facebook said we're going to come to your house and shoot you and your family - would that be enough for people to leave?

I really don't get it. People have no clue. Again.

I guess the "People don't have a Clue .... And they don't want one" will remain a common theme.

They don't realize that America has been under attack and Facebook is just one of the battlegrounds.

Response to Jose Garcia (Original post)

mahina

(19,188 posts)
18. My Mom sent me a fb infographic with the headline "Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant,
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 11:20 PM
Tuesday

Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking."

Or maybe I sent it to her. Who knows?

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