Meta scraps third party fact checkers - and UFC boss joins board
Meta scraps third party fact checkers - and UFC boss joins board
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Meta is scrapping its third party fact-checking service in the US after nine years and replacing it with a "community notes" system, similar to the one used by X. It says it will help promote free expression and stop harmless content getting taking down.
Users on sites such as Facebook and Instagram will be able to highlight posts that could be misleading and need more context - instead of leaving it to outside organisations and experts. "Experts, like everyone else, have their own biases and perspectives. This showed up in the choices some made about what to fact check and how... A program intended to inform too often became a tool to censor," Meta said.
It said the current system was "making too many mistakes, frustrating our users and too often getting in the way of the free expression". "Too much harmless content gets censored, too many people find themselves wrongly locked up in 'Facebook jail', and we are often too slow to respond when they do," said the company.
It means fact-checked content will no longer be demoted and instead there will be a label notifying users there's additional information - with this written and rated by users. Agreement between people with a range of perspectives will be a fundamental part of the system to help prevent biased ratings, according to a statement.
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