Meta's decision to prioritize community notes over rigorous fact-checking raises concerns about the spread of misinformation and its potential to fuel societal divisions.
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While most people can easily use Facebook, Messenger, or Instagram to share memes and photos, tell stories, and occasionally gossip about life without a care, bad actors use it to foster hatred and distrust, make money, and fuel genocide.
Sadly, Meta made sure its users — not just in the US, but around the world — were awash in the muck. It’s not just political falsehoods, hate-filled diatribes, or hoaxes either. It’s scams… a dam of social media content, private messages, and Instagram reels ready to burst with people trying to make a quick buck.and the development of its community notes-equivalent replacement, said “a big chunk of the content fact-checkers have been flagging is not political speech.
Ressa added, “Mark Zuckerberg has ultimate power and he chooses wrongly to prioritize profit, Facebook’s annual profits, over safety of the people on the platforms.”
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