Meta is discontinuing its third-party fact-checking program on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, opting for a crowdsourced Community Notes system instead. Users would be responsible for discerning truthfulness in posts. The company has begun testing this system, currently with around 200,000 potential contributors signed up. Notes will initially not be visible, as Meta emphasizes a gradual rollout to ensure quality and acceptance of the new program, expected to align with varied community perspectives while eliminating external fact-check labels in the U.S.
"We're going to take time to do this right. Around 200,000 potential contributors in the US have signed up so far across all three apps..."
"Our plan is to roll out Community Notes across the United States once we are comfortable from the initial beta testing that the program is working in broadly the way we believe it should..."
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