Bloomberg: Community Notes Can’t Save Social Media From Itself. “Eliminating the rewards for promoting misinformation would go much further than crowdsourcing to clean up social media. But in a social media world of growing incentives to make money in the viral casino, Community Notes is ultimately fighting a losing battle. This column seeks to fully examine how the people behind it are […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/19/bloomberg-community-notes-cant-save-social-media-from-itself/

@randulo
"There are people out there would could make a difference, and the rest of us need to finds ways to help them" - hence my sporadic #FactFriday series when something comes to mind that I can write about with expertise (or studies, or whatever). We don't need "Community Notes" here - we already have people who can do #FactChecks in their area of expertise!

Poynter: Fact-checkers are among the top sources for X’s Community Notes, study reveals. “When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the end of the third-party fact-checking program on his company’s platforms, he said he would ‘get rid of fact-checkers and replace them with Community Notes, similar to X.’ But a new study shows that fact-checkers remain an essential part of X’s program, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/26/poynter-fact-checkers-are-among-the-top-sources-for-xs-community-notes-study-reveals/

Snopes: Unpacking claims about new website allegedly run by anonymous federal workers. “In sum, Snopes has not yet verified the legitimacy of the website, though its content and other reports claim it is authentically written by former and current federal employees operating anonymously for fear of professional repercussions.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/26/snopes-unpacking-claims-about-new-website-allegedly-run-by-anonymous-federal-workers/

#Yahoo.com #factchecks post from #ElonMusk on 1/9/24: “It will take an airplane crashing and killing hundreds of people for them to change this crazy policy of [DEI].” Thoughts?

AFP: Meta not ending fact-checks outside US yet, fails to appease Brazil. “Meta told Brazil it would not yet end fact-checks outside the US, but its attempts to clarify its new social media policies fell flat Tuesday as the Latin American nation slammed measures which promote a digital Wild West.'”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/30/afp-meta-not-ending-fact-checks-outside-us-yet-fails-to-appease-brazil/

Mashable: Report: Meta’s fact checking program failed to spot most disinformation. “Meta, precursing a wave of new “free speech” policies across its platforms, is disbanding its disinformation-spotting fact checking program. According to a new report, the program was already failing to do its intended job. Published by misinformation watchdog NewsGuard, the analysis found that only 14 percent […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/24/report-metas-fact-checking-program-failed-to-spot-most-disinformation-mashable/

#Google has told the #EU it will not add fact checks to search results and YouTube videos or use them in ranking or removing content, despite the requirements of a new EU law, according to a copy of a letter obtained by #Axios.

The big picture: Google has never included fact-checking as part of its content moderation practices. #FactChecks https://www.axios.com/2025/01/16/google-fact-check-eu

#community #notes instead of #factchecks at #facebook or #twitter : what's the problem?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwzKDgBjqlU&ab_channel=SabineHossenfelder

»#Google has told the #EU it will not add #factchecks to #searchresults and #YouTube #videos or use them in #ranking or #removingcontent, despite the requirements of a new EU law.« https://www.axios.com/2025/01/16/google-fact-check-eu?eicker.news #tech #media

Search Engine Journal: Google Rejects EU’s Call For Fact-Checking In Search & YouTube. “Google has reportedly told the EU it won’t add fact-checking to search results or YouTube videos, nor will it use fact-checks to influence rankings or remove content. This decision defies new EU rules aimed at tackling disinformation.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/17/search-engine-journal-google-rejects-eus-call-for-fact-checking-in-search-youtube/

#Unfassbar, dass der #Gouverneur von #Kalifornien extra eine #Webseite für #Factchecks schalten musste, um die ganzen #Lügen, #Fakenews und #Desinformationen um die #Feuer zu bekämpfen.

#gavinnewsom #LAWildfires

https://gavinnewsom.com/california-fire-facts/

Poynter: An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the world’s fact-checkers, nine years later. “Nine years ago, we wrote to you about the real-world harms caused by false information on Facebook. In response, Meta created a fact-checking program that helped protect millions of users from hoaxes and conspiracy theories. This week, you announced you’re ending that program in the United States […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/10/poynter-an-open-letter-to-mark-zuckerberg-from-the-worlds-fact-checkers-nine-years-later/

Right, it is time to move away from Facebook.

I need some advice on how to get on to friendica (or a different alternative).

Which server do I choose?

Can I migrate content, contacts or images from other social media sites to friendica?

Don't just want to register without understanding the basic setup first.

Any recommendations? Suggestions? Links?

German or English - doesn't matter.

Der Focus auf #Factchecks bei Facebook ist Quatsch. Facebooks Problem ist, dass rechtsradikale und mystizistische #Propaganda in Massen in die timelines gespült wird. Wer bezahlt, wird geklickt.
Man kann heute mit Fakten lügen, oder man kann "Kunst" produzieren wie die ägyptischen KI-Riesen, die Chemtrail-Filmchen, die ganzen Orgonapparatverkäufer*innen. Auch mit "Factchecks" war Facebook für die Wahl Bolsonaros in Brasilien und für Voter-Targetting durch #Trump 1 verantwortlich.

(#MAGA-cozy CEOs)
#Zuck says ending #factchecks will curb censorship:
In plain English #Facebook tells us: “We don’t want to bother you with facts – We have already made up our mind”.

𝗞𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗸 𝗼𝗽 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝘀: 𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗴𝗮𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗷 𝗱𝗮𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗻

Bezorgde reacties van politici en wetenschappers op het voornemen van Meta om te stoppen met factchecks op Facebook-, Instagram- en Threadsberichten. De kritiek is niet van de lucht. "Hij kust met zijn uitspraken openlijk de ring van Trump."

https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/binnenland/artikel/5488500/facebook-stopt-factchecken-socialemediaberichten-wat-merken-wij