The fallout of Meta’s content moderation overhaul
Meta overhauled its approach to US moderation on Tuesday, ditching fact-checking, announcing a plan to move its trust and safety teams, and perhaps most impactfully, updating its Hateful Conduct policy. As reported by Wired, a lot of text has been updated, added, or removed, but here are some of the changes that jumped out at us.
The good, the bad, and the stupid in Meta’s new content moderation policies
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Video: Mark Zuckerberg revamps Meta's content moderation policies
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, announced a major shift in content moderation policies across the company's platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
Social-Media Companies Decide Content Moderation Is Trending Down
Social-media companies never wanted to aggressively police content on their platforms. Now, they are deciding they don’t have ...
Social-media companies pull back on content moderation, WSJ reports
Social-media companies are now pulling back on all of their content moderation on their platforms, Alexa Course, Meghan Bobrowsky, and Jeff ...
Meta Says It Will End Its Fact-Checking Program on Social Media Posts
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact-checkers on Facebook, Threads and Instagram and instead rely on ...
Meta's fact-checking rollback ushers in a new, chaotic era for social media
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We Do Not Censor Social Media, EU Says in Response to Meta
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission rejected on Wednesday Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg's assertion that European Union ...
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Instagram's Filter Glitch Impacts LGBTQ+ Hashtags and Search Content
Meta says it has fixed the error that resulted in restricting LGBTQ+ content in teens' search and explore pages, but it's ...
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Social media community notes help with fact-checking: Michael Shellenberger
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Meta to end fact-checking, replacing it with system similar to Musk's X
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday said the social media company is ending its fact-checking program and replacing it with a ...