Meta is finally saying goodbye to its US fact-checking programme on Monday, a decision first announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg in January.
Joel Kaplan, Meta’s chief global affairs officer, shared the news on X, stating, “By Monday afternoon, our fact-checking program in the US will be officially over. That means no new fact checks and no fact checkers.”
He added, “In place of fact checks, the first Community Notes will start appearing gradually across Facebook, Threads & Instagram, with no penalties attached.”
Community Notes, similar to the feature on Elon Musk-owned X, allows users to provide context to posts that may be misleading. Meta explained that this shift was influenced by the success of X’s approach, stating, “We’ve seen this approach work on X – where they empower their community to decide when posts are potentially misleading and need more context. People across a diverse range of perspectives decide what sort of context is helpful for other users to see.”
The announcement in January came just before US President Donald Trump’s inauguration and the appointment of Dana White, Ultimate Fighting Championship’s CEO and a close Trump ally.
At the time, Zuckerberg explained, “We've reached a point where it's just too many mistakes and too much censorship. It's time to get back to our roots around free expression.”
Meta launched the fact-checking program in 2016 to combat misinformation after facing criticism for Facebook’s role in spreading false claims during the 2016 US presidential election.
Kaplan wrote in January, “We’re getting rid of a number of restrictions on topics like immigration, gender identity and gender that are the subject of frequent political discourse and debate. It’s not right that things can be said on TV or the floor of Congress, but not on our platforms.”
Joel Kaplan, Meta’s chief global affairs officer, shared the news on X, stating, “By Monday afternoon, our fact-checking program in the US will be officially over. That means no new fact checks and no fact checkers.”
He added, “In place of fact checks, the first Community Notes will start appearing gradually across Facebook, Threads & Instagram, with no penalties attached.”
Community Notes, similar to the feature on Elon Musk-owned X, allows users to provide context to posts that may be misleading. Meta explained that this shift was influenced by the success of X’s approach, stating, “We’ve seen this approach work on X – where they empower their community to decide when posts are potentially misleading and need more context. People across a diverse range of perspectives decide what sort of context is helpful for other users to see.”
The announcement in January came just before US President Donald Trump’s inauguration and the appointment of Dana White, Ultimate Fighting Championship’s CEO and a close Trump ally.
At the time, Zuckerberg explained, “We've reached a point where it's just too many mistakes and too much censorship. It's time to get back to our roots around free expression.”
Meta launched the fact-checking program in 2016 to combat misinformation after facing criticism for Facebook’s role in spreading false claims during the 2016 US presidential election.
Kaplan wrote in January, “We’re getting rid of a number of restrictions on topics like immigration, gender identity and gender that are the subject of frequent political discourse and debate. It’s not right that things can be said on TV or the floor of Congress, but not on our platforms.”
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