Meta will no longer have any fact checkers in the United States according to Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan.
Meta announced the major policy change in January when it also relaxed its content review rules.
The timing of this change coincides with President Trump’s inauguration, with Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg attending Donate $1 million To Trump’s inauguration fund. Around the same time, Zuckerberg added longtime Trump ally and UFC CEO Dana White to Meta’s board of directors.
Zuckerberg in a video Announce temperance changes.
However, some of the speeches Zuckerberg is very committed to prioritizing are at the expense of marginalized people.
“We do allow for the allegation of mental illness or abnormality based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse on discourse on transgenderism and homosexuality,” Meta (Meta) Hate Behavior Policy read.
After Elon Musk’s X community notes, Meta is modeling its new fact-checking efforts, which makes the temperate part of the other users rather than paid professionals.
“Instead of fact checking, the first community notes will start to appear gradually on Facebook, Threads & Instagram without collateral penalties,” Kaplan Written on X.
While this community-based approach to content auditing can sometimes provide important context for misleading or controversial posts, it combines with other content audit tools with better functionality, and components are eliminating.
Meta’s biggest currency is its users’ attention, while less content is modest means people can see more posts, and in addition, Meta’s news feed tends to show strong reactions.
As Meta starts to back off on fact-checking plans, Error content It has begun to spread. A Facebook page manager who spreads the virus, forged claims that ICE will pay people $750 to pay them unlicensed immigration, Tell ProPublica The end of the fact-checking plan is “good information.”
“We have moved away from many restrictions on topics such as immigration, gender identity and gender, which are the subject of frequent political discourse and debate,” Kaplan said. Write In January. “It is wrong to say something that can be said on TV or on the floor of Congress, but on our platform.”
