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Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a 'community notes' system similar to X (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Nothing stopping meta from adjusting or hiding the vote count later. Hundreds of ways to fiddle with that thing, some really subtle and would not generate drama.

I’m pretty sure the current reason to remove the fact checking is so the company is not put on a collision course with government, a government that will lie so much daily it will break all records.

So, just because they can alter the community notes does not mean they will