Meta, Elon Musk and Community Notes

Meta to Start Swapping Fact-Checks for Community Notes Next Week
Meta's model is built using X's open-source algorithm for Community Notes. The notes will show up across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads but won't appear under ads.
Meta will soon roll out Community Notes, a whitewashed version of Elon Musk’s fact-checking system
Meta is ditching professional fact-checking for crowd-sourced ‘wisdom.’ Let’s see how this plays out. In January, Meta announced the end of third-party fact-checkers on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
Meta to launch Community Notes for fact-checking, inspired by Musk’s X
With misinformation spreading rapidly on social media, Meta's shift to crowd-sourced fact-checking is a bold move. However, whether Community Notes can effectively counter false information without penalizing misleading content remains to be seen.
Meta tests Community Notes to replace fact-checkers across platforms in US
Meta’s approach ignores research that shows Community Notes users are spurred by partisan motives. Read more at straitstimes.com.
After Axing Fact-Checkers, Meta's Community Notes Will Have Help From X
Meta will begin testing its Community Notes feature, which replaces fact-checking with crowdsourced commentary, next week. It relies on X's open-source tech.
Meta is launching Community Notes in the US next week
Meta will begin one of the company's most significant overhauls ever for how it fact-checks information on its platforms. On March 18, Meta
Meta uses Elon Musk's X algorithm for its new community notes
Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk have something new in common: the algorithm for their platform's respective community notes.
Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk Were Once Ready to Fight. Now Meta Is Openly Copying X's Community Notes Algorithm.
Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk were once poised to fight in a cage match in 2023, before Zuckerberg called it off, saying that Musk was "not serious." Now, the two billionaires have gone from the brink of battle to using each other's technology.
Meta's Community Notes will use open-source technology from Elon Musk's X
Meta revealed more details of Community Notes, and said that it incorporates the same open-source algorithm that powers X’s crowdsourced feature.
Meta to start testing crowd-sourced fact-checking, based on X example, next week
Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms Inc. says it will launch its crowd-sourced fact-checking program, called ...
New fact-checks coming to Facebook: Here's when
Meta will begin testing Community Notes, a crowdsourced fact-checking system for Facebook and Instagram, on March 18. The new ...
Meta unveils new community notes program; will not apply distribution penalties nor limit flow of information
Meta to launch its community notes program next week. Meta officer Joel Kaplan says content with community notes won't be ...
Meta is trying to silence a former executive. In an interview, she tells BI why.
Williams' memoir, "Careless People," alleges misconduct at Meta, sparking legal action. She shared more details in a BI ...
Meta to start testing crowd-sourced fact-checking next week
Meta began fact checks in December 2016, after President Donald Trump was elected to his first term, in response to criticism that "fake news" was spreading on its platforms. For years, the tech giant ...
Get ready to argue with your weird Uncle on Facebook again. Meta is rolling out its new fact checking solution to it's 190 million users in the United States
Facebook users in the United States should start to notice a slight change to their doomscrolling experience. As of March 18 ...