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Meta Ditches Fact-Checking, Embraces Community Notes System
1/17/2025
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Story summary
- Meta is discontinuing its fact-checking program, adopting a Community Notes system similar to Twitter's.
- CEO Mark Zuckerberg attributed the change to perceived political bias among fact-checkers.
- This shift could financially impact fact-checking organizations that depended on Meta's support.
- Critics warn that this decision may exacerbate misinformation on Facebook and Instagram.
