TikTok is the latest social media platform to launch a crowdsourced fact-checking feature. The short-form video app is rolling out the feature, called Footnotes, first in the United States. It lets ...

When a hoax about Donald Trump went viral at the funeral of Pope Francis, I went on social media to try to set the record straight. I’m a volunteer for community notes, a program Mark Zuckerberg ...

A recent Washington Post headline claimed its tech columnist, Geoffrey Fowler, had shown that “Meta’s new crowdsourced system to fight falsehoods [has] failed to make a dent.” The claim would fail a ...

Meta is introducing a few new features for its crowdsourced fact-checking program, Community Notes, launched in the U.S. earlier this year. Now users will be notified when they’ve interacted with a ...

Washington Post columnist Geoffrey A. Fowler argued that Meta's community notes fact-checking system for posts made on Facebook, Instagram and Threads is "nowhere near up to the task" of keeping ...

Meta has gone all-in on Community Notes earlier this year, and now, they are sharing the latest update on the fact-checking feature available on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Part of this latest ...

FAKE NEWS: An X post featuring so-called reporting about a comet reversing its thrusters. The Community Note flags for online users that “This headline is misleading.” X posts with public correction ...

The truth is, Zuckerberg’s new system isn’t working very well. If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Thanks! Check your phone for a ...

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For all of those doomscrolling on TikTok, a new feature is here to bring additional context to videos, regardless of what weird side of TikTok you might find yourself on. Alongside a series of new ...

In July, the London-based fact-checking organization Full Fact used artificial intelligence tools to scan public debate in media and online. They identified an average of 240,437 pieces of content ...