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Meta to follow X's footsteps: Facebook, Instagram to begin testing crowd-sourced fact-checking next week
Updated On: 14 March, 2025 11:30 AM IST | Washington | mid-day online correspondent
Meta ended its fact-checking programme in January. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at the time that fact-checkers had become "politically biased," using some of the language that conservatives have long used to criticise his platforms
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Meta Platforms Inc, the parent company owning social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, on Thursday said that it will begin testing its crowd-sourced fact-checking programme, Community Notes, from March 18.
According to news agency AP, it will initially be based on a ratings system used by Elon Musk's social media platform, X.
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