Meta has discontinued its 8-year-old fact check program. Meta has cited some shortcomings of the expert fact checker behind this decision. The company is now preparing to work on the community notes model. Know here why Mark has taken this decision before Donald Trump’s swearing-in ceremony?
Mark Zuckerberg’s company Meta has decided to shut down the third party fact checking program on Facebook and Instagram. Meta said in its blog post that it is shutting down its third party fact checking program and replacing it with the Community Notes system. The new model is being launched from America. The Community Notes system has been very successful on Elon Musk’s social media platform X. Let’s know what is the real reason behind Mark’s decision? Has Meta taken this decision because of Trump’s government in America and Elon Musk? Here you will get answers to questions related to this whole matter.
Musk is the reason behind Mark’s decision
US President Donald Trump’s swearing-in ceremony is on January 20. Before this, Mark Zuckerberg has taken this decision. Meta will remove its old fact checking program and start the ‘Community Notes’ program. This program will be written by the users. It will work like Elon Musk’s social media platform X. Meanwhile, Elon Musk has given his reaction on this decision of Meta.
After Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, Elon Musk’s hands are free. Musk will handle the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) along with Vivek Ramaswami in Trump’s government. Trump and his supporters may be very happy with this decision of Meta. Trump and Musk did not like the working system of Meta.
This is cool pic.twitter.com/kUkrvu6YKY
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 7, 2025
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election is also behind this change. In fact, Donald Trump had criticized Mark Zuckerberg a lot during the US elections. He claimed that there is bias towards some content on Meta.
What is the Community Notes model?
Elon Musk’s X platform uses the Community Notes model. It allows users to decide for themselves which posts are potentially misleading. In this, users can read the notes and also rate them. Community Notes is a crowdsourced method. This has helped Musk’s X platform to remove content spreading misinformation on its platform.
Meta’s fact checking was lacking
According to Meta, the expert fact checkers on their platform have some shortcomings. Their fact checkers were biased on political issues. They said that because of this, more content comes under the purview of fact checking. Zuckerberg also said in a video announcement that he is returning to his roots. Now the earlier mistakes will be reduced. Meta is bringing the option of free expression on its platform. The effect of this decision will be seen on Facebook, Instagram and Threads.
