Here's why Meta ended fact-checking, according to experts
Jan 7, 2025 · Fact-checkers who were put in place in the wake of Donald Trump's 2016 election have proven to be "too politically biased" and have destroyed "more trust than they've created," particularly in the United States, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg …
Meta to end fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram : …
Jan 7, 2025 · Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that the social media company, which owns Facebook and Instagram, would stop working with third-party fact-checking organizations.
Meta eliminates fact-checking in latest bow to Trump | AP News
Jan 7, 2025 · Facebook and Instagram owner Meta says it’s scrapping its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with “community notes” written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk’s social platform X.
Meta Says It Will End Its Fact-Checking Program on Social Media …
Jan 7, 2025 · Meta said on Tuesday that it was ending its longstanding fact-checking program, a policy instituted to curtail the spread of misinformation across its social media apps, in a stark sign of...
Meta to end fact-checking, replacing it with community-driven …
Jan 7, 2025 · Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday said the social media company is ending its fact-checking program and replacing it with a community-driven system similar to that of Elon Musk's X.
How fact-checking works | Transparency Center - Meta
Jan 7, 2025 · Fact-checkers will review a piece of content and rate its accuracy. This process occurs independently from Meta and may include calling sources, consulting public data, authenticating images and videos and more. The ratings fact checkers can use are False, Altered, Partly False, Missing Context, Satire, and True. These ratings are fully defined ...
Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term
Jan 7, 2025 · Meta’s fact-checking policy was born out of Mr. Trump’s previous election win, in 2016. At the time, Facebook came under fire for the unchecked dissemination of misinformation across its ...
Meta gets rid of fact checkers and says it will reduce ... - CNN
Jan 7, 2025 · Meta’s newly appointed Chief of Global Affairs Joel Kaplan told Fox on Tuesday that Meta’s partnerships with third-party fact checkers were “well intentioned at the outset but there’s just ...
Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a …
Jan 7, 2025 · 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.
Meta to replace 'biased' fact-checkers with moderation by users
Jan 7, 2025 · Meta is abandoning the use of independent fact checkers on Facebook and Instagram, replacing them with X-style "community notes" where commenting on the accuracy of posts is left to users.