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Jose Garcia

(3,048 posts)
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 07:19 AM Jan 7

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 Jan 7 OP
"free expression" - Lies and Conspiracy Theories. groundloop Jan 7 #1
As if The Madcap Jan 7 #2
I have seen Fb remove MAGA lies. Now that guardrail is being eliminated. John1956PA Jan 7 #3
Yep....they did during Covid and kicked Trump off the site. Those days are long gone Bengus81 Jan 7 #16
Translation: "The election was won by a RW bully, even all my money won't be enough to appease him, highplainsdem Jan 7 #4
As long as people continue feeding the vermin, they will thrive. Don't blame zuckerberg, musk, bezos, etc. It is the JohnSJ Jan 7 #5
Why can't we blame it on facebook? Is there an alternative where this crap isn't happening? n/t SupportSanity Jan 7 #12
I get along quite well without social media thank-you. The fact is people are addicted to the sparing that occurs on JohnSJ Jan 7 #13
BlueSky yankee87 Jan 7 #15
Facts are for losers IronLionZion Jan 7 #6
Reliance on social media for information can take us off the deep end HereForTheParty Jan 7 #7
Sadly it already has. groundloop Jan 7 #9
They censored this in October, and ignored an appeal. pnwmom Jan 7 #8
Maybe marketing echo-chamber nonsense as "content" translates to advertising revenue. n/t BadgerKid Jan 7 #10
K & R - This is for all those who need a reason to FINALLY QUIT FACEBOOK! FakeNoose Jan 7 #11
I've never trusted Facebook - from the beginning. I never joined. SupportSanity Jan 7 #14
Post removed Post removed Jan 7 #17
My Mom sent me a fb infographic with the headline "Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, mahina Jan 7 #18
Just Sad erpowers Jan 15 #19
People lie and make shit up all the time on DU. Mosby Jan 15 #22
Well the lying convicted felon is back in the WH. republianmushroom Jan 15 #20
Community notes work. Mosby Jan 15 #21

John1956PA

(3,656 posts)
3. I have seen Fb remove MAGA lies. Now that guardrail is being eliminated.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 08:09 AM
Jan 7

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

(7,891 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
Jan 7

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

highplainsdem

(53,770 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
Jan 7

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

(97,340 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
Jan 7

American public that keeps it going.

JohnSJ

(97,340 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
Jan 7

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



yankee87

(2,480 posts)
15. BlueSky
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 01:09 PM
Jan 7

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

IronLionZion

(47,457 posts)
6. Facts are for losers
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 08:38 AM
Jan 7

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

SupportSanity

(1,258 posts)
14. I've never trusted Facebook - from the beginning. I never joined.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 01:05 PM
Jan 7

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

(19,382 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
Jan 7

Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking."

Or maybe I sent it to her. Who knows?

erpowers

(9,398 posts)
19. Just Sad
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 12:10 PM
Jan 15

It is sad when it appears one can never be rich enough. It is also sad that Mark Zuckerberg is a follower and not a leader. He just does what is popular at the moment. "Free expression" should not mean people are allowed to lie. Preventing people from lying and/or exposing the lies of individuals is not censoring.

Mosby

(18,046 posts)
22. People lie and make shit up all the time on DU.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 05:58 PM
Jan 15

How are we any different?

This person trolled us for YEARS. forget her screen name, DU had had waves of trolls come and go.

https://clarityofsignal.com/

Mosby

(18,046 posts)
21. Community notes work.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 05:55 PM
Jan 15

Last edited Wed Jan 15, 2025, 06:30 PM - Edit history (1)

DU could use the feature, IMO.

Eta - it doesn't have to be a jury function, it could be done by forum hosts or MIRT.

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