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Meta to abandon fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram

Meta to abandon fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram

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Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta will be abandoning its use of independent fact-checkers on Facebook and Instagram, citing their supposed political bias. This decision marks the end of Meta's long-standing fact-checking program. In its place, the company will be introducing a Community Notes model that relies on crowdsourced fact-checking contributions from users.

Anthony Albanese
Australian Government
1. The social media ban is an Australian policy in the interests of young Australians, Australian families.
Sarah Hanson-Young
Green Party
1. This is a very dangerous move at a time when members of the community, parents, young people, women in particular, are increasingly concerned of the unsafe environment on these big platforms.
Donald Trump
Republican Party
1. I think they've come a long way, Meta.
Joel Kaplan
Facebook
1. We've seen this approach work on X -- where they empower their community to decide when posts are potentially misleading and need more context.
2. Our system then attached real consequences in the form of intrusive labels and reduced distribution. A program intended to inform too often became a tool to censor.
3. Over time we ended up with too much content being fact checked that people would understand to be legitimate political speech and debate.
4. It's not right that things can be said on TV or the floor of Congress, but not on our platforms.
5. The recent elections also feel like a cultural tipping point towards, once again, prioritising free speech.
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta
1. We're going to catch less bad stuff, but we'll reduce the number of innocent people's posts and accounts we accidentally take down.
2. We're going to get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies, and restoring free expression on our platforms.
3. The reality is that this is a trade-off.
4. Even if they accidentally censor just 1 per cent of posts, that's millions of people, and we've reached a point where it's just too many mistakes and too much censorship.
Dan Evon
RumorGuard
1. Mark Zuckerberg's decision to end Meta's fact-checking program not only removes a valuable resource for users, but it also provides an air of legitimacy to a popular disinformation narrative: That fact-checking is politically biased. Fact-checkers provide a valuable service by adding important context to the viral claims that mislead and misinform millions of users on Meta.
Linda Yaccarino
Twitter/X
1. It's a smart move by Zuck and something I expect other platforms will follow now that X has shown how powerful it is. Bravo!
Imran Ahmed
Center for Countering Digital Hate
1. Meta is now saying it's up to you to spot the lies on its platforms, and that it's not their problem if you can't tell the difference, even if those lies, hate, or scams end up hurting you.

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