Meta faces criticism for changing content moderation policy

DNVN - On January 7, Meta faced opposition from researchers when it announced it would stop its third-party fact-checking program in the US, due to concerns that this could increase misinformation.

In the announcement, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Meta will stop using fact-checking programs run by independent organizations in the U.S. Instead, the company will roll out a “Community Notes” feature in the coming months and expand the model this year, allowing users to add context to controversial posts.

Social media platform X is also adopting a similar notes feature, but many researchers remain skeptical about the tool's ability to reduce misinformation.

Commenting on Meta's move, Ross Burley, co-founder of the Center for Information Resilience, called it a major setback in the context of a sharp increase in misinformation and harmful content.

Professor Michael Wagner of the University of Wisconsin-Madison said that Meta's decision to let users monitor and handle misinformation on its platform is an act of avoiding social responsibility. Meanwhile, Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn said that Meta is trying to avoid being controlled.

In contrast, US President-elect Donald Trump expressed support for Meta's decision.

Third-party fact-checking programs have helped reduce the frequency of misleading content appearing in user feeds in the past. People who attempt to share posts that are deemed misleading receive a warning with a specific reason.

Meta’s program and outside funding are the “main source of income” for 137 fact-checking organizations in multiple countries, according to a 2023 survey by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN). Meta’s decision is expected to impact the revenue streams of these organizations in the United States. IFCN Director Angie Holan said the policy change will also reduce social media users’ access to accurate information.

Thanh Mai (t/h)

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