The end of Meta’s fact-checking service – the company that controls Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp – occurs only in the United States (U.S.), at least for now, Meta informed in response to inquiries from the Attorney General’s Office (AGU), which questioned the tech giant about the end of the program.
“At this moment, this change will be applied only in the United States. We plan to create, test, and improve Community Notes in the United States before any expansion to other countries,” Meta stated, highlighting the intention to expand the change to other countries.
Since 2016, Meta has offered a fact-checking service on Facebook and Instagram, conducted by journalists and experts in around 115 countries, which verified whether the information circulating on the networks was true or false and provided context to users.
With the end of fact-checking, Meta has adopted the policy of “community notes.” As a result, only pre-registered users can contest any information circulating on the platforms.
The changes announced by Meta show an alignment of the company’s policy with the agenda of the elected president of the United States, Donald Trump, who advocates for deregulation of the digital environment and opposes the fact-checking policy.
Source: Agência Brasil and UOL