Anjana Susarla: Meta shift from fact-checking to crowdsourcing spotlights competing approaches in fight against misinformation, hate speech
Meta’s decision to change its content moderation policies by replacing centralized fact-checking teams with user-generated ...
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Fact-check: Is the federal government treating California and North Carolina disasters differently?
The federal response to the California wildfires has so far mimicked the government’s response to Hurricane Helene hitting North Carolina in September 2024. In both instances, President Joe Biden ...
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Meta replaces fact-checkers with X’s Community Notes system
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced a significant change in the company’s content moderation practices on Instagram, ...
Meta fact-checkers set to lose revenue, may shut down after Zuckerberg’s pivot: ‘We don’t have much time left’
Fact-checkers say they are set to take a major financial hit after Meta decided to adopt a community-notes like approach to content moderation on their platforms.
Jewish groups pushed Meta to crack down on hate speech. Now, the company is reversing course.
Jewish groups celebrated a policy win when Meta banned the use of “Zionist” as a coded slur against Jews and Israel. Now, the ...
Goodbye and good riddance to Meta fact-checking
The decision last week by Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, to immediately stop using “fact ...
L.A. Wildfires: YouTube, Google, Snap and Meta Donating Millions to Recovery Orgs
YouTube, Google, Snap and Meta are donating millions to help L.A. recover from the wildfires that have fanned out across the ...
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Is Facebook About to Become a Bigger Nightmare for India? Zuckerberg to End Fact-Checking Program– Here’s How It Will Impact Us!
Amid the likelihood of a Parliamentary committee issuing a summons to Meta for a "factually incorrect" statement ...
Mark Zuckerberg Didn't Steal Facebook From Co-Founder Chris Hughes
In 2003, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg stole the program from a classmate, Chris Hughes. Hughes went missing not long ...
In a minefield of glitchy AI search and social media, Wikipedia becomes one of the most reliable places on the internet
Over the past two decades, the free-to-use online encyclopedia has carried on with its mission, expanding its global community of volunteer editors, known as Wikipedians, and ultimately resisting the ...