Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a shift to Community Notes for misinformation management, discarding third-party fact-checkers. However, a study by Maldita revealed that fact-checkers remain crucial for X's Community Notes. Users tend to trust notes citing accredited organizations, which facilitates quicker responses to misleading content. The study indicated that professional fact-checking organizations are indispensable for effective crowdsourced fact-checking, emphasizing the need for a collaborative approach alongside user-generated notes to combat misinformation efficiently.
The study shows a clear underlying appreciation and trust for the usefulness of the work of fact-checking organizations and further demonstrates that... 'crowdsourced' fact-checking cannot really be effective without professional fact-checking organizations.
The evidence from X clearly shows that users frequently rely on fact-checking organizations when proposing Community Notes.
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