Meta made headlines recently when its CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared with the world that it would now be resorting to Community Notes. This means disabling third-party fact-checking on its apps.
Now, we’re hearing some more interesting news about how the tech giant has confirmed its reliance on third-party fact-checkers for the upcoming Australian elections. They feel that is the best way to combat misinformation in a country not ruled by Donald Trump.
As shared by 404 Media, the company is relying heavily on making use of third-party fact-checkers and other types of approved sources of data. When any kind of content gets debunked by fact-checkers, we will soon see warnings with labels linked to the content and reduce distribution inside Feed and Explore. This way, it would be seen less.
This news is very interesting as it comes at a time when we’re seeing the company roll out its first stage of Community Notes for selected people across America with plans to expand the rollout to different regions with time. For now, the team in Australia will carry on relying on fact checks by third parties.
While Meta Australia is marketing this as a great thing, it’s eyebrow-raising to know that Meta’s main account feels fact-checking in America has gone one step too far and given rise to too many errors.
So the fact that the company’s Australian arm is on a different page is unique, to say the least. This might give rise to suggestions that it’s only being done in the US to make Donald Trump happy as it shifts to Community Notes that maintains a better approach.
Meta does note that this is all positive and that it relies on great support from leading providers that support the third-party fact-checking process. It’s a resourceful means to get rid of misinformation during the election crunch period.
So the question is what’s better? Is third-party fact-checkers really better than Community Notes which X has relied on for so long? Now the argument is made that Meta’s only doing this switch on the orders of Trump. It feels like Meta Australia strongly believes that third-party confirmation can be a valuable enhancement for safety tools.
Meta also shared how it hopes to expand Community Notes to different places around the globe. It’s not happening right now but Meta will try to refine things and better Community Notes with time.
Remember, another shocking report shared by Bloomberg yesterday highlighted how most of the Community Notes on X don’t even appear, despite them being so useful and accurate. Meta has a lot to think about here.
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Now, we’re hearing some more interesting news about how the tech giant has confirmed its reliance on third-party fact-checkers for the upcoming Australian elections. They feel that is the best way to combat misinformation in a country not ruled by Donald Trump.
As shared by 404 Media, the company is relying heavily on making use of third-party fact-checkers and other types of approved sources of data. When any kind of content gets debunked by fact-checkers, we will soon see warnings with labels linked to the content and reduce distribution inside Feed and Explore. This way, it would be seen less.
This news is very interesting as it comes at a time when we’re seeing the company roll out its first stage of Community Notes for selected people across America with plans to expand the rollout to different regions with time. For now, the team in Australia will carry on relying on fact checks by third parties.
While Meta Australia is marketing this as a great thing, it’s eyebrow-raising to know that Meta’s main account feels fact-checking in America has gone one step too far and given rise to too many errors.
So the fact that the company’s Australian arm is on a different page is unique, to say the least. This might give rise to suggestions that it’s only being done in the US to make Donald Trump happy as it shifts to Community Notes that maintains a better approach.
Meta does note that this is all positive and that it relies on great support from leading providers that support the third-party fact-checking process. It’s a resourceful means to get rid of misinformation during the election crunch period.
So the question is what’s better? Is third-party fact-checkers really better than Community Notes which X has relied on for so long? Now the argument is made that Meta’s only doing this switch on the orders of Trump. It feels like Meta Australia strongly believes that third-party confirmation can be a valuable enhancement for safety tools.
Meta also shared how it hopes to expand Community Notes to different places around the globe. It’s not happening right now but Meta will try to refine things and better Community Notes with time.
Remember, another shocking report shared by Bloomberg yesterday highlighted how most of the Community Notes on X don’t even appear, despite them being so useful and accurate. Meta has a lot to think about here.
Read next: New Report Highlights Flaws of Community Notes And How the Majority Are Never Shown to Users
