Investing.com – Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:) announced on Tuesday that it is overhauling its approach to content moderation, ending its third-party fact-checking program in the United States and moving to a “Community Ratings” model. “.
This change represents a significant shift in the company’s strategy to manage the spread of misinformation and preserve free speech on its platforms.
The third-party fact-checking program, launched in 2016, was designed to combat viral hoaxes by providing additional context from independent experts.
However, Meta acknowledged that the system did not work as intended, with legitimate political speech often inappropriately labeled or reduced in circulation.
Meta is phasing out the existing program and will gradually introduce Community Notes, a system that relies on user contributions to flag and add context to potentially misleading posts. This model is inspired by a similar approach on another platform, which Meta believes is less prone to bias and more representative of diverse perspectives.
Users in the United States can sign up to become contributors to the Community Notes program, which will be rolled out over the coming months.
During the transition, Meta plans to eliminate current fact-checking controls, stop reducing the visibility of content that has been fact-checked, and introduce less intrusive labels offering additional information for interested users.
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