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Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a 'community notes' system similar to X

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Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨CPMSP@midwest.social⁩ to ⁨technology@beehaw.org⁩

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/meta-is-ending-its-fact-checking-program-in-favor-of-a-community-notes-system-similar-to-x/ar-AA1x6tUi

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  • UngodlyAudrey@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    this isn’t just dropping fact-checking. per the article:

    Beyond the end of the facet-checking program, Zuckerberg said the company will be eliminating some content policies around hot-button issues including immigration and gender, and refocus the company’s automated moderation systems on what he called “high severity violations” and rely on users to report other violations.

    Facebook will also be moving its trust and safety and content moderation team from California to Texas.

    This is full bore capitulation to fascism, as capital will always do. soon, zuckerberg’s social media sites will be indistinguishable from musk’s x. everybody needs to defederate from threads if they haven’t already.

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  • Cybrpwca@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Less fact-checking = more disinformation and propaganda = more anger = more “engagement” = more money. Turn everything into crap for one more dollar.

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    • remington@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Enshittification

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      • Cybrpwca@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        And Rot Economy. Between Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron I think they’ve got it right.

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  • remington@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There is a ton of news coverage on this. Here’s an Axios article with a decent summary.

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  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah cause X is such a wholesome and honest environment lmao.

    Dude just wants to push more zionist propaganda without independent fact checkers.

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