On Tuesday, Meta announced they would no longer use third-party fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, instead relying on users for a community notes system, similar to X. , who has researched the effectiveness and limitations of crowdsourcing, says that “removing fact-checkers and replacing it with crowdsourced information checks are overall harmful for the information environment and democracy.”
, a public relations and public policy expert, says the move “highlights the changing landscape of political attitudes, media consumption, and social expectations of media while also signaling Meta's strategic pivot to a more open and diverse discourse on its social media platforms.” Digital literacy expert can discuss what people can do to evaluate the information they see on Facebook and Instagram given this change.
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