As flames tore through large parts of Los Angeles this month, so did fake news. Social media posts touted wild conspiracies about the fire, with users sharing misleading videos and misidentifying ...

Next week, Meta will begin one of the company's most significant overhauls ever for how it fact-checks information on its platforms. On March 18, Meta will start releasing its version of Community ...

As part of a new test, Meta will let anyone rate a Community Note or request one for a post, Meta's Chief Information Security Officer Guy Rosen shared on X. After testing the feature in March, the ...

UPDATE 4/5: Effective Monday, Meta's fact-checking program will be kaput, according to Joel Kaplan, Meta's Chief Global Affairs Officer. "By Monday afternoon, our fact-checking program in the US will ...

Meta Platforms META is beginning to test its previously announced Community Notes from today. The program replaces its third-party fact-checking program in the United States to promote more free ...

Meta is now accepting sign-ups for its Community Notes program. The Community Notes model is set to replace third-party fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. It will allow voluntary ...

When Meta announced last year that it was ditching third-party fact checkers in favor of an X-style Community Notes system, the company was careful to note that it would only implement the changes ...

Today, Meta has published details of their Community Notes programme. Meta’s proposed system will be rolled out on 18 March and will be based on X’s Community Notes model. This model has been ...

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