00:00This is it, Mars!
00:03Admit it, you're also one of those who get emotional when your friend's chat is like that.
00:09Or you're one of those who wait for screenshots to be uploaded online for you to open.
00:15But be careful, okay? Because what you see on social media is not true.
00:21Especially if you announce a meta, they will remove the fact checker from their social media platforms.
00:28In the absence of a fact checker in the meta, how can netizens protect themselves against misinformation online?
00:37Here's what you need to know.
00:43If you're fond of looking for screenshots as a receipt whenever you're online,
00:48the fact checkers are also like that.
00:50Fact checkers are considered as one of the frontliners against misinformation online.
01:20They correct based on their research, based on actual information.
01:27But this January 7, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that they will stop their fact checking program
01:35on their social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and Reds.
01:39First, we're going to get rid of fact checkers and replace them with community notes similar to X starting in the US.
02:09Facebook is also a social media platform owned by Meta based in Datos.
02:15Meta's main goal is to protect free speech by removing fact checkers from their social media platforms.
02:31In return, Meta will promote a community-driven system that gives context to posts
02:37such as community notes implemented in X's platform.
02:43In X, any eligible user can sign up as a community notes contributor.
02:54Once X approves a user as a notes contributor,
02:59he can rate other community notes as helpful or not helpful.
03:04Notes that received a helpful final status from other contributors
03:10will be shown to all X users under the following post.
03:14Although this feature is user-centered,
03:17according to Professor Ong,
03:19removing Meta from the fact checking program is like pretending to monitor the protection of free speech.
03:25He considers this a power play.
03:29In replacing community notes with fact checkers in Meta,
03:33users are given the responsibility to verify information.
03:38There are only a few subjects and topics that are given context through community notes
03:43unlike our systematic fact-checking systems in place.
03:47There are many layers in fact-checking.
03:51The responsibility is not shared between news organizations or fact-checking organizations and our citizens.
03:58It's up to the citizen.
04:00Facebook has saved millions of pesos.
04:04Now that users will have the power to moderate content,
04:09always remember that great power comes with great responsibility.
04:15What should social media users do to verify information independently and responsibly?
04:23First of all, I think our citizens need to know who they need to trust in terms of their sources of information.
04:31There are many news outlets out there.
04:34We have reliable news outlets that we have.
04:37To avoid confusion,
04:39check the page of the news outlet of the post you read.
04:43Most of the credible news pages on social media are verified or have blue checkmarks in their names.
04:49Also, check the domain of the links they share,
04:54like .com, .org, or .edu.
04:58If it's highlighted like .lo or .xyz,
05:02it might be negative.
05:04Second, it's not enough to verify one time.
05:09You also have to check, okay, do other sources say the same?
05:12Is it consistently the same information they're saying?
05:15That means my second verification,
05:17the journalists know that they need a second source to confirm a story.
05:22So we extend that kind of practice among our citizens as well.
05:27If you have doubts about the news you read,
05:30you can search for the references mentioned in the article or report you saw,
05:34such as official press releases, government reports, and scientific studies of institutions.
05:41Also double-check the date when the information you saw was published.
05:45There are contents that resurface due to the new activity of other users,
05:50which can cause confusion among other netizens.
05:53Now, you need to double, triple verify if what you read is correct.
06:01Because it's not just for you to be more informed,
06:04but there are consequences if you don't read the actual factual information.
06:11The absence of fact-checkers in the meta has a clear effect on society.
06:16But we can still do something to make the online world a safe space against misinformation.
06:23So for now, it's time to cut off from fake, fake information, fake stories, and even fake people.
06:32Period.
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