The Meta will begin testing its community note model on Facebook, Instagram and threads in the United States on March 18. Notes will not appear publicly on posts yet. The company wants to make sure that the writing and rating system is working as the notes are already working for everyone.
Meta says, things will work similarly for community notes on X, with the idea that users bring additional contexts to posts that can use further explanation, explanation or perhaps correction. In fact, Meta will initially set up its rating system on the open source algorithm of X. "This will allow us to build what has created our platforms over time," The company said .
Meta notes that she will adopt X’s algorithm and community notice program for her platforms. It may change to change the algorithm how the community note is ranked and classified. "Learning from partners and seeing how it works in our products, openly commonly we are building it," Meta wrote. "We do not expect this process to be perfect but we will continue to improve it as soon as we learn."
There are about 200,000 people so far in Facebook, Instagram and threads. This system will consider the date of the classification of every assistant and will also keep people who disagree with each other. It doesn’t matter how many partners have approved the note – Meta will only add one to a post when "People who usually disagree decide that this helper provide context." The company claims that it aims to protect against prejudice.
Meta prepared her facts in 2016 with the idea that she would rely on teams that examine the facts of the third party to evaluate posts because she did not want to be a mediator of the truth. The company claims that experts have their own vision and political prejudices, which affected the selection of facts.
Of course, community notice partners will have their own prejudice, but not necessarily the knowledge of the subject experts. Nevertheless, Meta says consensus by people with a number of perspectives to publish community notes will be sufficient.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, said in January that President Donald Trump’s choice was because the company changed its point of view, and claimed that it was "A cultural tipping point" For free speech. For many years, conservatives have accused the social media platform of censoring their voices.
"Community notes allow more and more persons to be included in the context of maximum content, and since the notes require a contract between different people to publish notes, we believe it will have a lower risk of prejudice," Meta claims. "It is also safe against organized campaigns that are trying to play the system and affects whether the note is published or what they say."
The posts of the facts in the meta algorithm were often reduced, but notes will not affect the issue of a post on Facebook, Instagram and threads. The notes will be limited to 500 characters and will require a link. They will not include the author’s names, at least first. Initially, it would not be possible to submit a note on advertising, though the partners can write them for any other posts, including the company and its leaders as well as other public figures.
To start, community notes will be available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, French and Portuguese. More languages will be added under the line.
Meta intends to once be satisfied that the program is intended to work more or less. When the notes begin to appear publicly, the company will not show the new facts of the facts of the third party in the United States. Meta has intended to adopt this approach around the world, but in the meantime it will maintain a program to check its facts in other countries.
However, the meta community notes speak, the system is unlikely to be a silver pill to prevent the spread of falsehood. According to the community notes have not stopped the flow of misinformation on X. Last month, X owner Elon Musk (now a "Special Government employee") Said he is trying "Fix" Community notes, claiming that they were "Governments and heritage media are being done rapidly."
This article was originally published on Enoget
