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83 Meta Ditches Fact-Checkers in Favor of X-Style Community Notes

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David Gilbert @ Wired · 01/07/2025 08:50 EDT

Meta announced on Tuesday that it will no longer employ fact checkers to moderate content, and instead rely on an army of volunteer users.

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