What does Meta’s Oversight Board even do?
Experts have criticized the watchdog’s response to Meta’s major overhaul of fact-checking. But was it ever a real check on power in the first place?
Meta oversight board frustrated with decision to kill moderation
The co-chairwoman of Meta’s oversight board said she is “very concerned” by the social media company’s decision to scrap its top-down fact-checking system and instead opt for X’s community notes approach to combat disinformation and hate speech.
'Huge problems' with Instagram and Facebook changes, says oversight board
The body's co-chair says moving to community notes could have a big impact on gender rights and minority groups.
Meta Oversight Board co-chair responds to company's decision to end fact-checking
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Meta Oversight Board co-chair Michael McConnell about the announcement this week that it's getting rid of fact checking in the United States.
Meta oversight board members say losing fact-checking could undermine public trust
Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger and novelist Khaled Mansour have warned that disinformation ‘can very much kill’
Meta oversight board flags concerns over axing fact-checkers
Schmidt, has expressed "serious concerns" about the potential fallout from Meta's decision to discontinue third-party fact-checkers on Facebook and Instagram. She fears the move could negatively impact minority groups,
Huge problems with axing fact checkers, Meta oversight board says
The body's co-chair says moving to community notes could have a big impact on gender rights and minority groups.
Here's why Meta ended fact-checking, according to experts
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, announced plans Tuesday to replace fact-checkers with a user-based system known as "community notes." Fact-checkers who were put in place in the wake of Donald Trump's 2016 election have proven to be "too politically biased" and have destroyed "more trust than they've created,
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Meta ends fact-checking as Zuckerberg appeals to Trump
Meta Founder Mark Zuckerberg announced sweeping changes to his company’s social media platforms, including getting rid of fact checkers and major changes to its “Hateful Conduct” policies. Republican strategist Scott Jennings praised the move and says the fact checkers were just “partisan sledgehammers.
Meta eliminates fact-checking in latest bow to Trump
The move to replace third-party fact-checking with user-written “community notes” similar to those on Trump backer Elon Musk’s social platform X is the latest example of a media company moving to accommodate the incoming administration.
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Meta Oversight co-chair ‘concerned’ by moderation changes: ‘Hate speech can lead to real life harm’
The co-chair of Meta’s Oversight Board has said she and others are ‘very concerned’ by the company’s decision to drop ...
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