Meta’s fact-checking program in the US officially ends soon
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Summary
Meta has confirmed it will end its US fact-checking program on its various social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Threads, and will replace it with its new Community Notes feature.
It was revealed in January that Community Notes would be less prone to bias, with contributors able to write and rate notes to provide extra context to certain posts.
However, at the time, the company said it would not be publishing the notes publicly.
Such posts are to now start appearing across all three platforms ‘gradually’, according to Meta, with no penalties for false or misleading information.
The previous fact-checking program will still be in place outside of the US and it is expected that Community Notes will roll out to other countries in the future.