Meta to Test-Run 'Community Notes' Using Elon Musk's X Algorithm Amidst Fact-Checking Rift Meta has reported that its “Community Notes” feature intended to replace third-party fact checkers will apply the open-source algorithm unfolded by Elon Musk’s X.
Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg declared the moderation shake-up in January amongst a flurry of moves by Big Tech to ingratiate itself with United States President Donald Trump’s administration.
The move chased years of accusations by conservatives that fact-checking efforts often labelled legitimate viewpoints as misinformation for political or ideological reasons.
While Meta’s announcement was welcomed by Trump and many conservatives, misinformation scholars counseled that the move would annex to the tidal wave of imitated claims and pseudo news online.
In a blog post on Thursday, Meta reported that applying X’s technology for the crowdsourced fact-checking tool would allow it to “improve it for our own platforms over time”.
“As our own version unfolds, we may explore heterogeneous or adjusted algorithms to endorse how Community Notes are ranked and rated,” Meta disclosed.
“We’re building this in the open while learning from contributors and seeing how it works in practice in our products. We don’t expect this process to be perfect at all events we’ll remain to reform as we learn.”
Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and Threads, reported that it would start testing the feature on March 18 and that 200,000 potential contributors had signed up so far to help dissect the accuracy of content on its platforms.
The California-based tech giant disclosed notes would not be published unless they are deemed accurate by contributors with the heterogeneous range of viewpoints.
“We expect Community Notes to be less biased than the third party fact checking program it replaces, and to operate at a greater scale when it is precisely up and running,” Meta stated.
“When we launched the fact checking program in 2016, we were clear that we didn’t need to be the arbiters of truth and believed that turning to expert fact checking organizations was the best solution available.”
Meta revealed the new feature will be rolled out across the US after beta testing and it plans to eventually introduce the feature for all users worldwide.
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Published 3/14/2025