Meta Tests Fact-Check Replacement in Latin America
The test follows US rollout data showing more than 1.4 million contributors and daily note volume that outpaced fact-checkers, Meta said.
- Meta began testing Community Notes in 16 Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America on Wednesday, aiming to eventually replace professional fact-checking programs across the region.
- This crowdsourced system, modeled on the one used by Elon Musk, is designed to supplant checks carried out by accredited newsrooms, which Meta ended in the United States last year.
- Phil Chetwynd, AFP's global news director, defended the agency's "outstanding work," warning that effective notes require contributors to rely on "accurate, ethically produced, fact-checked journalism."
- Meta proceeded despite the Oversight Board's prior advice against expanding Community Notes to countries facing coordinated disinformation networks or complex political violence.
- Amid a series of elections pushing Latin America toward right-wing parties, new leaders have promised hands-off regulation, modeling their political style on Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and President Donald Trump.
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Meta tests a system of collective verification in 16 Spanish-speaking countries, replacing journalists. Experts warn about the risk of disinformation.The exclusion of Brazil, with stricter regulations, highlights the concern about the impact of these measures on the democratic health of Latin America.
The model is inspired by the system employed by X, the social network owned by Elon Musk. Collaborators propose texts and provide sources; later, other participants value whether these contributions are useful.
The massive collaboration system is designed to replace verifications carried out by data collection and verification agencies.
The initiative comes almost two years after Meta's shutdown of fact-checking in the United States, replaced by this system based on Internet contributions. Several studies have shown that this system is less effective than the work of professionals to combat misinformation.
Meta announced on Wednesday the launch in the testing phase of the "community notes" in 16 Latin American countries, user contributions that are intended to replace the fact-checking on its social networks, raising fears of a resurgence of disinformation.
The Meta group (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) announced Wednesday to test "community notes" in 16 Latin American countries, a device already deployed in the United States to replace its fact-checking program. ...
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