Experts warn that there could be a flood of false information
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The company has been collaborating with various agencies for fact-checking to prevent the spread of false information through the content posted on famous Meta apps like Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, and has announced that it will no longer continue. The move has been widely criticized by experts after Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg said he would end his fact-checking program in the US.
Experts warn that Meta's decision to end its fact-checking program could flood the internet with false, misleading and false information. Zuckerberg has decided to shut down third-party fact-checking programs in an attempt to anger President-elect Donald Trump, according to an analysis of the US media.
America's right-wing partisans have been accusing free speech online and social media censorship of right-wing content. "Zuckerberg looks set to halt fact-checking programs to allow free online expression in light of Trump's presidency," Mike Isaacs and Theodor Schleifer wrote in The New York Times. are . Meanwhile, Meta also called the election It has changed its strategy by saying that cultural tipping point means that small changes lead to big changes.'
Zuckerberg has said that he will remove fact-checking and arrange an alternative moderation tool called 'Community Notes'. Zuckerberg claims that this crowd-sourced tool can add context to posts on Facebook and Instagram as the general public can also respond. However, this tool does not control false information Many have expressed doubt that it can do effective work . It is the opinion of experts that fact-checkers play an important role in communicating correct information by stating the truth in posts containing false information without stopping someone's expression and by mentioning additional information and necessary references.
Zuckerberg has accused Meta's fat-checking partners of having political bias in some of the content and even destroying the credibility they have gained. Factor-checking groups that have worked with Meta have made it clear that the company has full control over what to do (remove, keep, or label) with the content they fact-check and does not interfere with it . The company has been collaborating with companies recognized by the International Fact-Checking Network since 2016. Most of the factor-checking partners that
Meta works with are fact checkers from news organizations. In the US, Meta has been collaborating with fact-changing organizations such as AFP-Hub, Check Your Facts, FactCheck.org, Lead Stories, Reuters Fact Check, USA Today. The company has also been collaborating with local fact-checking organizations in terms of countries and regions.
Although it does not have a fact-check program in Nepal, Meta has collaborated with local fact-checking organizations for fact-checking content in Nepali language in India. In India, organizations like The Quint, India Today Fact Check, AFP-Hub, Wiswas.news, Newschecker, BOOM, The Healthy Indian Project have been doing fact checking for META.
