Meta scraps fact-checking: What are 'community notes' and what could this mean?
Social media giant Meta – home to Facebook, Instagram and Threads – is scrapping its independent fact-checking programme, instead pivoting to a "community notes" style closer to Elon Musk's X. This means that users on the platform will themselves do the flagging and correcting instead of fact-checking experts and organisations. CEO Mark Zuckerberg pointed to the US election as an influence in the move, which comes as he's positioned himself closer to Donald Trump. Vedika Bahl explains in this edition of Truth or Fake.
Social media giant Meta – home to Facebook, Instagram and Threads – is scrapping its independent fact-checking programme, instead pivoting to a "community notes" style closer to Elon Musk's X. This means that users on the platform will themselves do the flagging and correcting instead of fact-checking experts and organisations. CEO Mark Zuckerberg pointed to the US election as an influence in the move, which comes as he's positioned himself closer to Donald Trump. Vedika Bahl explains in this edition of Truth or Fake.
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