[Tech Thoughts] FB’s Community Notes can’t match fact-checking initiatives

I reckon a Community Notes model for social media platforms doesn't quite do the job of addressing falsehoods and providing context to misleading statements well enough

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Now, that’s all well and good, but does the Community Notes model actually help as much when compared to a dedicated fact-checking initiative? I would reckon it doesn’t quite do the job of addressing falsehoods and providing context to misleading statements well enough.The Community Notes model has users of a given service providing context to contentious posts needing clarifications.

Further, in the Community Notes model, the reach of a given post is not affected even if there’s a contextual note appended to it. As Meta explained in its FAQ on its testing phase, “Notes will provide extra context, but they won’t impact who can see the content or how widely it can be shared.

A note comprising “This is true!” or “This is false!” or “This is made with AI” statements and an appended link also do little to dissuade someone from sharing something that feels right to them.I personally scoff at the idea of X and Meta saying Community Notes would be “less biased than the third-party fact checking program it replaces, and to operate at a greater scale when it is fully up and running.

Contrary to what X and Meta would have you believe, a fact-checked citation is is also generally faster to be adopted as part of a community note than just your standard non-fact-checked citation. Said Maldita.es, “They become visible 90 minutes earlier than general notes.”For lies to stop spreading, they must be called out for what they are, nipped at the bud, and removed from circulation so as to not let it grow into something worse.

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