Mark Zuckerberg set the internet abuzz this week when the Meta CEO announced that the tech giant would no longer conduct independent fact-checking. The program, implemented in 2016, will be replaced with Meta’s own version of Community Notes, a crowdsourced approach to reviewing online content employed by X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter.
So what exactly is Community Notes, and how does it work?
How Community Notes works
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.
On X, Community Notes works by leaving fact-checking up to the community. Approved contributors call out content deemed false or misleading by attaching notes providing more context. Here’s an example of a community note provided by X on its site:
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