The fallout of Meta’s content moderation overhaul
Meta overhauled its approach to US moderation on Tuesday, ditching fact-checking, announcing a plan to move its trust and safety teams, and perhaps most impactfully, updating its Hateful Conduct policy. As reported by Wired, a lot of text has been updated, added, or removed, but here are some of the changes that jumped out at us.
The good, the bad, and the stupid in Meta’s new content moderation policies
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Meta Cuts Fact Checkers, Says Content Removal Went ‘Too Far’
Meta Platforms Inc. will end third-party fact checking on its social media platforms in the US, letting users comment on posts’ accuracy with a community notes system it said will promote free expression.
Explainer: Will Meta’s scrapping content moderation turn businesses away from its platforms?
Meta's reversal of its content moderation efforts of the past few years is set to create a seismic shift within the social media industry.
How Meta's content moderation changes will put more politics in your feed
Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg's announcement that the company plans to phase out fact-checkers largely overshadowed another, in which the social media company said it would soon be increasing the amount of political content on its platforms.
Social-Media Companies Decide Content Moderation Is Trending Down
Social-media companies never wanted to aggressively police content on their platforms. Now, they are deciding they don’t have ...
Social-media companies pull back on content moderation, WSJ reports
Social-media companies are now pulling back on all of their content moderation on their platforms, Alexa Course, Meghan Bobrowsky, and Jeff ...
Meta's fact-checking rollback ushers in a new, chaotic era for social media
To researchers who have studied moderation efforts and platforms, it’s the most recent move toward a more freewheeling and ...
Meta Says It Will End Its Fact-Checking Program on Social Media Posts
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact-checkers on Facebook, Threads and Instagram and instead rely on ...
Pro-Luigi Mangione content is filling up social platforms — and it's a challenge to moderate it
Luigi Mangione has drawn lots of defenders on social media. That's a challenge for platforms when it comes to moderation — ...
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Instagram's Filter Glitch Impacts LGBTQ+ Hashtags and Search Content
Meta says it has fixed the error that resulted in restricting LGBTQ+ content in teens' search and explore pages, but it's ...
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How Meta changes could redefine social media in Tanzania
Some experts in Tanzania fear that reducing content moderation could exacerbate existing challenges in the country’s digital ...