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Testing Begins for Community Notes on Facebook, Instagram and Threads
- Meta announced the end of the third-party fact-checking program and the start of a crowd-sourced Community Notes approach in the United States, beginning with testing on March 18th on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
- Around 200,000 potential contributors have signed up so far, with notes gradually being admitted from the waitlist and not initially appearing publicly until the writing and rating system is tested.
- Community Notes allow users to add context to posts, with contributors deciding what gets rated or written, ensuring agreement among contributors with diverse viewpoints before publication.
- Contributors over 18 years old, with accounts in good standing, can submit 500-character notes in six languages, excluding advertisements but including content like posts from public figures.
- The rating system for Community Notes is based on an open source algorithm, aiming for less bias and wider scale than the previous fact-checking program, without penalties affecting content distribution.
- Meta aims to launch Community Notes across the United States after beta testing to improve system functionality, with plans to eventually expand globally, replacing the third-party fact-checking program.
- Community Notes aim to provide more contextual information from a variety of perspectives and safeguard against bias and manipulation attempts, allowing for a broader range of contributors.
- The new approach focuses on adding context without impacting content distribution, with notes intended to be less controversial than fact checks and allowing users to share content more freely.
- Meta will continue to learn and enhance the Community Notes program as it rolls out globally, maintaining the third-party fact-checking program in other countries until the new approach is implemented.
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