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Meta is launching Community Notes in the US next week
Meta will begin one of the company's most significant overhauls ever for how it fact-checks information on its platforms. On March 18, Meta
Meta to test 'Community Notes' in US next week using X algorithm
Meta will start testing "Community Notes" in the U.S. from March 18 using technology developed by Elon Musk-owned X, the Facebook parent said on Thursday, two months after scrapping its fact-checking program amid pressure from conservatives.
Meta will use the exact same community notes tech as X
As X’s algorithm is open source—meaning free and available for anyone to use (or attack, apparently)—it’s perfectly legal for Meta to just swipe it and reconfigure it for its own purposes. (Kind of like big tech is doing to some other things in the world right now.
Meta’s new Community Notes: all you need to know
To sign up to be a Community Notes contributor, you need to be 18 or older, have an account that is over six months old and in good standing, meaning your account hasn’t been reported or suspended for any misconduct. You also need to reside in the U.S. in order to participate in the test.
Meta's Community Notes will use tech from Elon Musk's X
Meta’s upcoming Community Notes feature for monitoring misinformation will use some technology developed by Musk’s X for its similar service.
Meta uses Elon Musk's X algorithm for its new community notes
Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk have something new in common: the algorithm for their platform's respective community notes.
Meta plans to test and tinker with X’s community notes algorithm
In a blog, Meta said the testing in the US would begin March 18, with about 200,000 potential contributors already signed up. Anyone over 18 with a Meta account more than six months old can also join a waitlist of users who will "gradually" and "randomly" be admitted to write and rate cross-platform notes during initial beta testing.
Meta tests Community Notes to replace fact-checkers across platforms in US
Meta’s approach ignores research that shows Community Notes users are spurred by partisan motives. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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