Meta’s decision to abandon third-party fact-checkers and rely instead on Facebook and Instagram users to add notes or corrections to posts is contrary to Big Tech’s roots. Scientists and ...

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In terms of helping to convince people that information is true and trustworthy, “fact-checking does work”, says Sander van der Linden, a social psychologist at the University of Cambridge, UK, who ...

The end of fact-checking at Meta is raising fresh concerns its platforms will become a hotbed of disinformation as the network hands over the policing of content to users. The move, coupled with ...

Its fact-checkers, Zuckerberg claimed, “have just been too politically biased, and have destroyed more trust than they’ve created.” Henceforth the company will be removing fewer posts ...

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It’s not hugely surprising that, as the pair announced early today, Meta is giving up on professional third-party fact-checking. The operator of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads has been backing ...

A user holds a phone open to Instagram in this 2023 photo. Meta is ending its fact-checking program in the U.S. and replacing it with a system similar to 'Community Notes' on Elon Musk-owned X ...