Fact and fiction: (Un)importance of fact-checkers | Mint Primer

Zuckerberg said Meta’s platforms will phase out fact-checks in favour of ‘community notes’—made popular by Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter). The latter will use a consensus mechanism from users of a platform and add comments if certain information is inaccurate.

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Zuckerberg also pulled back filters on permissible posts and promised more political posts on Facebook, Instagram and Threads. He said there will be fewer automatic bans of posts and accounts because “machines, they make mistakes… of late they’re stifling too many voices." The move begins in the US, but will eventually expand worldwide.

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