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Meta Scraps Fact-Checking for Community Notes

CosmicTaco · 2025-01-08T09:30:30.628194+05:30

- Meta's decision to replace third-party fact-checking with Community Notes blindsided partners, leaving many scrambling for funding. - Fact-checkers criticize the move, arguing it undermines journalistic integrity and could lead to misinformation. - Meta claims the change aims to reduce perceived censorship and will phase in the new model in the US first. Source: [Wired](https://www.wired.com/story/metas-fact-checking-partners-blindsided/), [Masslive](https://www.masslive.com/news/2025/01/this-is-what-meta-is-doing-instead-of-having-expert-fact-checkers-review-posts.html)

Meta's decision to replace third-party fact-checking with Community Notes blindsided partners, leaving many scrambling for funding.
Fact-checkers criticize the move, arguing it undermines journalistic integrity and could lead to misinformation.
Meta claims the change aims to reduce perceived censorship and will phase in the new model in the US first.

Source: Wired, Masslive