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Meta Launches Community Notes, Replacing Fact-Checking Amid Concerns

3/13/2025

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Meta's Community Notes feature launches on March 18, enabling users to write and rate notes on posts across its platforms.
This initiative replaces traditional fact-checking, which Meta discontinued due to bias concerns.
An open-source algorithm from X (formerly Twitter) will govern the system, requiring diverse user consensus for note publication.
Approximately 200,000 contributors are registered, but notes will not be visible until testing concludes.
Critics caution that this user-driven approach may heighten misinformation risks without professional oversight.

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Story summary

Meta's Community Notes feature launches on March 18, enabling users to write and rate notes on posts across its platforms.
This initiative replaces traditional fact-checking, which Meta discontinued due to bias concerns.
An open-source algorithm from X (formerly Twitter) will govern the system, requiring diverse user consensus for note publication.
Approximately 200,000 contributors are registered, but notes will not be visible until testing concludes.
Critics caution that this user-driven approach may heighten misinformation risks without professional oversight.