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Meta Shifts Content Moderation to Community-Based Approach
Meta is overhauling its content moderation policies across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, shifting from internal fact-checking to a community-based approach, adjusting automated filters to reduce errors, and increasing potential exposure to misinformation; this will roll out globally in the comi...
Meta Shifts Content Moderation to Community-Based Approach
Meta is overhauling its content moderation policies across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, shifting from internal fact-checking to a community-based approach, adjusting automated filters to reduce errors, and increasing potential exposure to misinformation; this will roll out globally in the comi...
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48% Bias Score
Misinformation, Public Trust, and the Biden Administration's Pandemic Response
HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra cites online misinformation as a key factor in eroding public trust in health officials, while Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg alleges the Biden administration pressured his company to censor vaccine-related content, highlighting a conflict between public health measures and fr...
Misinformation, Public Trust, and the Biden Administration's Pandemic Response
HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra cites online misinformation as a key factor in eroding public trust in health officials, while Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg alleges the Biden administration pressured his company to censor vaccine-related content, highlighting a conflict between public health measures and fr...
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44% Bias Score
Meta Scales Back DEI Initiatives, Replaces Fact-Checkers
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the scaling back of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and the replacement of external fact-checkers with community notes, citing concerns that DEI initiatives have gone too far and expressing support for a more masculine business culture; this follows simil...
Meta Scales Back DEI Initiatives, Replaces Fact-Checkers
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the scaling back of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and the replacement of external fact-checkers with community notes, citing concerns that DEI initiatives have gone too far and expressing support for a more masculine business culture; this follows simil...
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68% Bias Score
Historians Debunk AfD Candidate's Claim that Hitler Was a Communist
Alice Weidel, an AfD candidate, falsely claimed Adolf Hitler was a communist, a statement refuted by historians who cite Hitler's anti-communist actions and capitalist economic policies. This misinformation is spreading online despite being historically inaccurate and trivializing Nazi atrocities.
Historians Debunk AfD Candidate's Claim that Hitler Was a Communist
Alice Weidel, an AfD candidate, falsely claimed Adolf Hitler was a communist, a statement refuted by historians who cite Hitler's anti-communist actions and capitalist economic policies. This misinformation is spreading online despite being historically inaccurate and trivializing Nazi atrocities.
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12% Bias Score
Facebook Ends Fact-Checking, Heightening Misinformation Concerns
Facebook's recent decision to cease its third-party fact-checking program raises serious concerns about the proliferation of misinformation, particularly given the current climate of declining public trust in institutions and the increasing spread of conspiracy theories.
Facebook Ends Fact-Checking, Heightening Misinformation Concerns
Facebook's recent decision to cease its third-party fact-checking program raises serious concerns about the proliferation of misinformation, particularly given the current climate of declining public trust in institutions and the increasing spread of conspiracy theories.
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48% Bias Score
Historians Debunk German Politician's False Claim About Hitler
German politician Alice Weidel falsely claimed Adolf Hitler was a socialist-communist, a statement refuted by historians as minimizing Nazi atrocities and promoting historical revisionism, sparking controversy and raising concerns about misinformation.
Historians Debunk German Politician's False Claim About Hitler
German politician Alice Weidel falsely claimed Adolf Hitler was a socialist-communist, a statement refuted by historians as minimizing Nazi atrocities and promoting historical revisionism, sparking controversy and raising concerns about misinformation.
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40% Bias Score
Meta Relaxes Content Moderation in Response to Trump's Election
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on January 7th significant changes to the platform's content moderation policies, citing the election of Donald Trump as a "cultural turning point" and appointing Trump supporter Dana White to the board, in a move that illustrates the incoming president's influence...
Meta Relaxes Content Moderation in Response to Trump's Election
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on January 7th significant changes to the platform's content moderation policies, citing the election of Donald Trump as a "cultural turning point" and appointing Trump supporter Dana White to the board, in a move that illustrates the incoming president's influence...
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52% Bias Score
Charity Staff Harassed After Musk Shares Misinterpreted Video on X
Staff at the Welsh Refugee Council faced online harassment and death threats after Elon Musk shared a school video, misinterpreted as enticing migrants to the UK, prompting police investigation and condemnation from the Welsh government.
Charity Staff Harassed After Musk Shares Misinterpreted Video on X
Staff at the Welsh Refugee Council faced online harassment and death threats after Elon Musk shared a school video, misinterpreted as enticing migrants to the UK, prompting police investigation and condemnation from the Welsh government.
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44% Bias Score
Fact-Checking's Effectiveness: Conflicting Studies and Broader Implications
Professor Walter Quattrociocchi's claim that fact-checking is ineffective contradicts numerous studies showing positive effects; Meta's data shows fact-checker decisions are overturned in only 3-4% of appeals, highlighting the ongoing debate on its efficacy and future.
Fact-Checking's Effectiveness: Conflicting Studies and Broader Implications
Professor Walter Quattrociocchi's claim that fact-checking is ineffective contradicts numerous studies showing positive effects; Meta's data shows fact-checker decisions are overturned in only 3-4% of appeals, highlighting the ongoing debate on its efficacy and future.
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36% Bias Score
Meta Ends U.S. Fact-Checking Program
Meta ended its U.S. third-party fact-checking program on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, prompting criticism from fact-checking organizations and celebration from conservatives, after CEO Mark Zuckerberg cited concerns over political bias and a desire to "restore free expression.
Meta Ends U.S. Fact-Checking Program
Meta ended its U.S. third-party fact-checking program on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, prompting criticism from fact-checking organizations and celebration from conservatives, after CEO Mark Zuckerberg cited concerns over political bias and a desire to "restore free expression.
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60% Bias Score
Biden Condemns Meta's Abandonment of Fact-Checking
President Biden condemned Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to replace Facebook's fact-checking with community moderation, calling it "shameful", while Zuckerberg cited declining public trust and a push for free speech; this occurred as Zuckerberg seeks to cooperate with the incoming Trump adminis...
Biden Condemns Meta's Abandonment of Fact-Checking
President Biden condemned Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to replace Facebook's fact-checking with community moderation, calling it "shameful", while Zuckerberg cited declining public trust and a push for free speech; this occurred as Zuckerberg seeks to cooperate with the incoming Trump adminis...
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52% Bias Score
BBC's Failure to Cover Plymouth Riot Exposes UK's Local News Crisis
Riots following the killing of three children spread across the UK, with the BBC's poor coverage of the Plymouth riot—marked by logistical problems and staff shortages—exposing systemic failures in local news provision and leaving communities vulnerable to misinformation.
BBC's Failure to Cover Plymouth Riot Exposes UK's Local News Crisis
Riots following the killing of three children spread across the UK, with the BBC's poor coverage of the Plymouth riot—marked by logistical problems and staff shortages—exposing systemic failures in local news provision and leaving communities vulnerable to misinformation.
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36% Bias Score
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