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| Meta platforms ditching third party fact-checking | |
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| Meta is abandoning the use of third party fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram and will replace it with X-style "community notes", where commenting on the accuracy of posts is left to users. | |
| In a video posted alongside a blog post, external by the company on Tuesday, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said "it's time to get back to our roots around free expression". | In a video posted alongside a blog post, external by the company on Tuesday, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said "it's time to get back to our roots around free expression". |
| Joel Kaplan, who is replacing Sir Nick Clegg as Meta's head of global affairs, wrote that the company's reliance on independent moderators was "well-intentioned" but had gone too far. | Joel Kaplan, who is replacing Sir Nick Clegg as Meta's head of global affairs, wrote that the company's reliance on independent moderators was "well-intentioned" but had gone too far. |
| "Too much harmless content gets censored" he wrote, adding Meta was "too often getting in the way of the free expression we set out to enable." | "Too much harmless content gets censored" he wrote, adding Meta was "too often getting in the way of the free expression we set out to enable." |
| The move to a community notes system will be phased in "in the US first" over the coming months, the tech giant says - it has not spelt out when or if it will be introduced elsewhere. | |
| The system - which Meta says it has seen "work on X" - sees people of different viewpoints agree on notes which add context or clarifications to controversial posts. | The system - which Meta says it has seen "work on X" - sees people of different viewpoints agree on notes which add context or clarifications to controversial posts. |
| The company's blog post said it would also "undo the mission creep" of rules and policies - highlighting removal of restrictions on subjects including "immigration, gender and gender identity" - saying these have stemmed political discussion and debate. | The company's blog post said it would also "undo the mission creep" of rules and policies - highlighting removal of restrictions on subjects including "immigration, gender and gender identity" - saying these have stemmed political discussion and debate. |
| "We're getting rid of a number of restrictions on topics like immigration, gender identity and gender that are the subject of frequent political discourse and debate," it says. | "We're getting rid of a number of restrictions on topics like immigration, gender identity and gender that are the subject of frequent political discourse and debate," it says. |
| "It's not right that things can be said on TV or the floor of Congress, but not on our platforms". | "It's not right that things can be said on TV or the floor of Congress, but not on our platforms". |
| The changes come as technology firms and their executives prepare for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on 20 January. | The changes come as technology firms and their executives prepare for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on 20 January. |
| Trump has previously been a vocal critic of Meta and its approach to content moderation. | Trump has previously been a vocal critic of Meta and its approach to content moderation. |
| He called Facebook "an enemy of the people" in March 2024. | He called Facebook "an enemy of the people" in March 2024. |
| But relations between the two men have since improved - Mr Zuckerberg dined at Trump's Florida estate in Mar-a-Lago in November. | But relations between the two men have since improved - Mr Zuckerberg dined at Trump's Florida estate in Mar-a-Lago in November. |
| Meta has also donated $1m to an inauguration fund for Trump. | |
| "The recent elections also feel like a cultural tipping point towards, once again, prioritising free speech," said Mr Zuckerberg in Tuesday's video. | "The recent elections also feel like a cultural tipping point towards, once again, prioritising free speech," said Mr Zuckerberg in Tuesday's video. |
| Mr Kaplan replacing Sir Nick Clegg - a former Liberal Democrat deputy prime minister - as the company's president of global affairs has also been interpreted by many analysts as a signal of the firm's shifting approach to moderation and its changing political priorities. | Mr Kaplan replacing Sir Nick Clegg - a former Liberal Democrat deputy prime minister - as the company's president of global affairs has also been interpreted by many analysts as a signal of the firm's shifting approach to moderation and its changing political priorities. |
| In a statement announcing he would step down on 2 January, Sir Nick said his successor was "quite clearly the right person for the right job at the right time". | In a statement announcing he would step down on 2 January, Sir Nick said his successor was "quite clearly the right person for the right job at the right time". |