Meta ditches fact-checkers, embraces community notes

Meta Turns to Community Notes, Mirroring X
Social media companies are abandoning years of fact-checking practices as Republicans criticize it as censorship.
Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a 'community notes' system similar to X's
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of major changes to the company's moderation policies and practices, saying the election felt like a "cultural tipping point."
Meta’s new move: What are Community Notes and can they really replace fact-checkers?
With Meta stating that it will adopt Community Notes to curb misinformation, here’s a breakdown of how the new feature will likely be implemented.
What is Community Notes? How does it work? With Meta removing fact-check — all you need to know explained
Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta will adopt a community-based approach to flag misleading posts on Facebook and Instagram, similar to X's Community Notes, rather than relying on professional fact-checkers.
Meta ditches fact-checking for community notes ahead of second Trump term
"While Zuckerberg characterized the platform giant’s new approach as a defence of free speech, its real intentions are twofold: Ditch the technology company’s responsibility to protect its many users and align the company more closely with an incoming president who’s a known enemy of accountability," Benavidez said in the press release.
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will replace 3rd-party fact-checkers with community notes
Mark Zuckerberg also announced Meta would ease political-content restrictions.
How Meta's new community notes program might work as fact-checking ends for Facebook, Instagram
Meta is ending fact-checking on its platforms and moving to a community notes-style program like the one found on X. CBS News Confirmed executive producer Melissa Mahtani has more on what the new program could look like.
Meta to end fact-checking, replacing it with community-driven system akin to Elon Musk's X
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday said the social media company is putting an end to its fact-check program and replacing it with a community-driven system akin to that of Elon Musk's X.
Meta to move away from third-party fact-checkers, adopt 'Community Notes'
Meta on Tuesday announced it will end its third-party fact-checking program and shift to a user-generated "Community Notes" format.
Meta pivots to community fact-checking ahead of Trump term
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerburg announced some big changes to content moderation strategy. The parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp will no longer be co
Fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram will be replaced by community notes
The community notes system uses crowdsourced fact-checking to give context to various posts.
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's 'community notes' are inspired by Elon Musk's X. Here's how they work — and how they don't.
Meta's Mark Zuckerberg says "community notes" will now moderate content. That already happens on Elon Musk's X. Here's how ...
Social media community notes help with fact-checking: Michael Shellenberger | Cuomo
Michael Shellenberger, founder of the Substack "Public," joins NewsNation's "CUOMO" to discuss Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's ...