Meta to replace fact-checkers with 'community notes' system similar to X

Over the next months, Meta will phase in a community notes system and simplify its policies on fact-checking.

Transcript

00:00Meta's chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg announced changes in the company's outlook

00:06on content moderation. He said that in the coming months, Meta's social media platforms

00:12Facebook and Instagram will gradually work on removing fact checkers. Zuckerberg says

00:18the old system will be replaced by a new feature similar to his competitor Elon Musk's community

00:23notes on X.

00:25We're going to get rid of fact checkers and replace them with community notes similar

00:30to X starting in the US. After Trump first got elected in 2016, the legacy media wrote

00:37nonstop about how misinformation was a threat to democracy. We tried in good faith to address

00:42those concerns without becoming the arbiters of truth. But the fact checkers have just

00:47been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they've created, especially

00:52in the US.

00:55Zuckerberg says the company will also simplify its content policies and remove many restrictions

01:00currently in place on topics like immigration and gender. He added that filters and systems

01:06in place which previously limited users' free speech will be repurposed to create a

01:10more inclusive environment. He's also pledged to work with the incoming Trump administration

01:16to fight for freedom of speech and push back on repression of opinions.

01:24For more UN videos visit www.un.org