Meta, Community Notes

Meta’s Community Notes won’t apply to paid ads
Make it a paid ad, I guess. In early January, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that his platform would be getting rid of its fact-checkers in favor of Community Notes. It turns out, those Community Notes meant to keep posts factual and accurate won't apply to paid ads,
Meta's 'Community Notes' model will not apply to paid ads
Aspects of the program remain subject to change, according to the Wall Street Journal that first reported the development.
Meta abandons fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in favor of Community Notes
Facebook, Instagram, and Threads are ditching third-party fact-checkers in favor of a Community Notes program inspired by X, according to an announcement penned by Meta’s new Trump-friendly policy chief Joel Kaplan. Meta is also moving its trust and safety teams from California to Texas.
Pay to (Not) Play: Meta Will Reportedly Exempt Ads From 'Community Notes'
If you're worried about "Community Notes" showing up under your posts on Threads, Instagram, or Facebook when they roll out later this year, you might be able to pay to avoid them. As The Wall Street Journal reports,
Meta Ditches Fact-Checks For X-Style Community Notes—Zuckerberg Says It Will Restore ‘Free Expression’
Zuckerberg said the 2024 U.S. elections felt like “a cultural tipping point towards, once again, prioritizing speech.”
Meta Removes Fact-Checking From Facebook and Instagram, Shifts to Community Notes
Meta will soon remove its fact-checking systems from Facebook and Instagram and replace them instead with Community Notes similar to Musk's X.
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will replace 3rd-party fact-checkers with community notes
Mark Zuckerberg also announced Meta would ease political-content restrictions.
Meta's Community Notes: A New Era for Social Media Content
Meta has announced the implementation of Community Notes, a feature for organic content resembling one from Elon Musk's platform, X. Paid ads won't be affected initially. This shift follows dropping its U.
Meta’s Community Notes Won’t Apply to Paid Ads. Marketers Still Have Questions.
The new system could make marketers more cautious about organic posts on Facebook and Instagram.
Meta's 'Community Notes' model will not apply to paid ads, WSJ reports
Community Notes on Meta platforms will be enabled for organic content, which means posts that Meta hasn't been paid to promote, the report said, citing a message from a Meta employee to ad buyers. Aspects of the program remain subject to change,
Meta's Community Notes Shift
Meta ends its third party fact-checking in the US but says Europe's fact-checking structure will remain the same for now. Bloomberg's Kurt Wagner joins Caroline Hyde and Mike Shepard on "Bloomberg Technology" to discuss.
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What is Community Notes, and how will it work on Facebook and Instagram?
Meta hasn't released specifics about how it will empower users of Facebook, Instagram and other social platforms to monitor content, said Melissa Mahtani, executive producer at CBS News Confirmed.
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Facebook was right to ditch fact-checking—but it should learn from the limits of Elon Musk’s ‘Community Notes’
The previous fact-checking/moderation practices at both Meta and X were problematic and in need of an overhaul. The Community ...
Meta Suspends Abortion Pill Accounts, 'Delete Facebook' Searches Near 5-Year Peak
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) may face declining user rates after its decision to change its content moderation to a community ...