Tech giant Meta has confirmed that it’s going to be using Elon Musk’s X technology for its much anticipated crowdsourced fact-checking feature called Community Notes.
The news is not too surprising considering X was the first to have Community Notes as a part of its program. Therefore, Meta shared a post on this matter in detail yesterday. They claim the latest tool for content moderation will feature the same kind of open-source algorithm that X is based on. With time, Meta hopes that the algorithm will be modified enough to serve the Facebook, Threads, and Instagram apps.
Today, X’s algorithm is open sourced, which means other tech giants can learn and use it as they desire. Therefore, Meta wants to build further on what X has created, learn from research experts in the domain, and also better the system for their own array of apps.
As their own variant develops with time, they hope to explore various algorithms that provide support to Community Notes with similar rankings and ratings. As shared by the head of Meta, the feature will be a better alternative to the previous fact checkers and human moderators on the app.
We can confirm that the feature goes into testing by Meta next week. The company has already explained how users can become a contributor for Community Notes, provided they meet its list of requirements. This includes being above the age of 18 and having verified phone numbers.
Contributors won’t get the chance to submit these Community Notes for ads, but they can do so on nearly every other kind of content. This might be a post by Meta, politicians, public figures, and so on. Any post receiving the Community Note cannot get an appeal, but at the same time, there’s no more penalty for that kind of content being flagged online.
The social media giant says it’s well aware of how this feature will give rise to more content, but that will not affect the content on display and how frequently it gets shared online. A spokesperson from the company explained media outlets that this Community Notes won’t be a replacement for any kind of content moderation.
They have no plans in the pipeline to open source or give details about the system and its workings in public. However, that does not mean we won’t see it happening in the future soon.
Today, more than 200k individuals have expressed a desire to become a contributor for the moderation feature. But that does not mean the waiting list is closed for others. If you’d like to take part in it, you can.
Experts are already debating about Community Notes and how well they are at replacing fact checkers. The majority consensus is that while the tool does provide some context for content published online, it can never replace a formal fact checker.
The system is not perfect and it can exploit several groups or companies with an agenda of their own. However, Meta claims that publishing these kinds of notes needs agreement between various individuals and groups. It’s a policy created to protect against organized campaigns trying to influence the system with a personal agenda.
The model for Community Notes will expand across the US after Meta feels they’re comfortable with how things are going from the initial testing phase results. But we can only confirm that as time goes by.
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The news is not too surprising considering X was the first to have Community Notes as a part of its program. Therefore, Meta shared a post on this matter in detail yesterday. They claim the latest tool for content moderation will feature the same kind of open-source algorithm that X is based on. With time, Meta hopes that the algorithm will be modified enough to serve the Facebook, Threads, and Instagram apps.
Today, X’s algorithm is open sourced, which means other tech giants can learn and use it as they desire. Therefore, Meta wants to build further on what X has created, learn from research experts in the domain, and also better the system for their own array of apps.
As their own variant develops with time, they hope to explore various algorithms that provide support to Community Notes with similar rankings and ratings. As shared by the head of Meta, the feature will be a better alternative to the previous fact checkers and human moderators on the app.
We can confirm that the feature goes into testing by Meta next week. The company has already explained how users can become a contributor for Community Notes, provided they meet its list of requirements. This includes being above the age of 18 and having verified phone numbers.
Contributors won’t get the chance to submit these Community Notes for ads, but they can do so on nearly every other kind of content. This might be a post by Meta, politicians, public figures, and so on. Any post receiving the Community Note cannot get an appeal, but at the same time, there’s no more penalty for that kind of content being flagged online.
The social media giant says it’s well aware of how this feature will give rise to more content, but that will not affect the content on display and how frequently it gets shared online. A spokesperson from the company explained media outlets that this Community Notes won’t be a replacement for any kind of content moderation.
They have no plans in the pipeline to open source or give details about the system and its workings in public. However, that does not mean we won’t see it happening in the future soon.
Today, more than 200k individuals have expressed a desire to become a contributor for the moderation feature. But that does not mean the waiting list is closed for others. If you’d like to take part in it, you can.
Experts are already debating about Community Notes and how well they are at replacing fact checkers. The majority consensus is that while the tool does provide some context for content published online, it can never replace a formal fact checker.
The system is not perfect and it can exploit several groups or companies with an agenda of their own. However, Meta claims that publishing these kinds of notes needs agreement between various individuals and groups. It’s a policy created to protect against organized campaigns trying to influence the system with a personal agenda.
The model for Community Notes will expand across the US after Meta feels they’re comfortable with how things are going from the initial testing phase results. But we can only confirm that as time goes by.
Read next:
• New Report Shows AI Chatbots and Search Engines Are Unable to Refer Traffic to Websites Despite Increase in AI Scraping
• New Research Shows Frequent App Crashes Result in Lower User Engagement
