Can Community Notes clean up your feed? - BBC Trending podcast, BBC World Service

Описание: Meta has decided to abandon the use of independent fact-checkers on Facebook and Instagram in the United States, citing concerns that fact-checkers have become too politically biased.

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Instead, the company seems to be following X’s lead by shifting to a Community Notes-style system, where users rather than professional fact-checkers and experts correct accuracy.

But what does this shift really mean? Will it lead to more free speech and fewer errors? Or does it open the door for misinformation to spread more easily? How well are social media users equipped to discern fact from fiction?

BBC Trending speaks with former insiders, users and a social psychologist to explore how effective this new approach might be.

This episode was broadcast in February 2025.

00:00 Introduction
01:21 Fact-checking at Meta
03:17 Is it possible to protect social media users’ freedom of expression and also protect them from harmful content?
08:19 Why is fact-checking changing on social media?
12:50 How do social media users respond to fact-checking?

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Presenter: Marianna Spring
Producer: Marta Pausilli
Editor: Flora Carmichael
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