Hacker News with Generative AI: Fact-Checking

LA wildfires disinformation reveals limits of fact-checking (weaponizedspaces.substack.com)
Meta, formerly known as Facebook, announced last week that it is ending its fact-checking initiative and following in the footsteps of X (formerly Twitter) in implementing a community notes feature in place of professional fact-checkers.

Disinformation, Social Media, Fact-Checking, News

27 points by rbanffy 4 days ago | 35 comments

Soon to be out of a job Meta's fact-checkers battle wildfire conspiracy theories (cnn.com)

Meta, Fact-Checking, Conspiracy Theories, Social Media, Journalism

6 points by cdme 4 days ago | 0 comments

Global fact-checkers were disappointed, not surprised, Meta ended its program (restofworld.org)
Meta’s fact-checking partners around the world are disappointed — but not surprised — by Facebook’s move to do away with fact-checking by trained teams.

Social Media, Fact-Checking, Meta, News, Journalism

9 points by devonnull 7 days ago | 0 comments

Open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the fact-checkers, nine years later (poynter.org)
As Meta announces end to U.S. fact-checking, program partners warn of a setback for accuracy online and potential global consequences

Social Media, Fact-Checking, Journalism, Meta, Public Policy

9 points by bjourne 7 days ago | 0 comments

Meta scrapped factcheckers because systems were 'too complex' (theguardian.com)
The co-chair of Meta’s oversight board has said the company’s systems have become “too complex” after it decided to scrap factcheckers, as the chief executive of Elon Musk’s X welcomed the decision.

Social Media, Fact-Checking, Meta, Elon Musk

36 points by vinni2 10 days ago | 85 comments

Meta replaces fact-checking with X-style community notes (apnews.com)
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta said Tuesday it’s scrapping its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with Community Notes written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk’s social media platform X.

Social Media, Fact-Checking, Artificial Intelligence, Elon Musk

27 points by geox 11 days ago | 13 comments

Ending our third party fact-checking program and moving to Community Notes model (about.fb.com)
Meta’s platforms are built to be places where people can express themselves freely. That can be messy. On platforms where billions of people can have a voice, all the good, bad and ugly is on display. But that’s free expression.

Social Media, Fact-Checking, Community Engagement

868 points by impish9208 11 days ago | 1359 comments

When Fact-Checks Backfire (theatlantic.com)
New research shows their promise—and limits.