Meta ends fact-checking program [Video]

DRIVING MAY HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN THE CRASH. SOME POPULAR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ARE GETTING RID OF FACT CHECKING AND LETTING USERS HAVE MORE SAY IN WHAT’S TRUE, MISLEADING OR FALSE. LIZ MUNOZ JOINS US AFTER META ANNOUNCED THEY’RE NOW DOING THIS. WELL, META CONTROLS FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, WHATSAPP AND THREADS. NOW, THE COMPANY SAYS THEIR PROGRAM SHOWED BIAS IN ONE SIDED PERSPECTIVES WHEN FACT CHECKING, AND THAT’S WHY THEY’RE MOVING IN ANOTHER DIRECTION. IN 2016, MARK ZUCKERBERG, THE FOUNDER OF META, LAUNCHED THE FACT CHECKING PROGRAM, WHICH USED INDEPENDENT EXPERTS TO CORRECT THINGS THEY SAW ONLINE, SUCH AS VIRAL HOAX. ZUCKERBERG SAYS THE PROGRAM BECAME A TOOL TO CENSOR INSTEAD OF INFORM, BUT THE FACT CHECKERS HAVE JUST BEEN TOO POLITICALLY BIASED AND HAVE DESTROYED MORE TRUST THAN THEY’VE CREATED, ESPECIALLY IN THE US. NOW, METAL WILL BE MOVING TOWARD THE COMMUNITY NOTES MODEL USED ON X. THIS FEATURE …