Meta shift from fact-checking to crowdsourcing spotlights competing approaches in fight against misinformation and hate speech
- Written by Anjana Susarla, Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
Meta stirred up controversy when it ditched fact-checking.Chesnot/Getty ImagesMeta’s decision to change its content moderation policies by replacing centralized fact-checking teams with user-generated community labeling has stirred up a storm of reactions. But taken at face value, the changes raise the question of the effectiveness of...