{"id":1211614,"date":"2023-12-12T20:07:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T01:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1211614"},"modified":"2023-12-12T20:07:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T01:07:20","slug":"meta-is-going-to-fact-check-content-on-the-threads-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1211614","title":{"rendered":"Meta is going to fact-check content on the Threads app"},"content":{"rendered":"

Threads<\/a> is going to make an effort to moderate more of the user-generated content on the platform. Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, posted that it is working on creating a fact-checking program. Mosseri didn\u2019t lay out what such a program would entail, only saying that Threads<\/a> is going to \u201cmatch fact-check ratings from Facebook or Instagram to Threads.\u201d Currently, fact-checkers can’t rate content on Threads, so instead when something gets flagged as being false on Instagram or Facebook, a fact-checker\u2019s ratings will also roll over onto the app. \u201cOur goal is for fact-checking partners to have the ability to review and rate misinformation on the app,\u201d Mosseri wrote.<\/p>\n

The program is expected to be available early next year. Meta said<\/a> third-party fact-checking partners will flag and review the content that circulates on Threads. The app\u2019s users will be given the choice to increase, lower or maintain the default level of \u201cdemotions on fact-checked content\u201d in personal feeds. Meta says if a user decides to see less sensitive content on Instagram, those settings will roll over into their Threads view.<\/p>\n

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Social media companies, like Threads, have to consider expanding guardrails to prevent misinformation from proliferating on their platforms, especially ahead of the coming presidential elections<\/a>. A fact-checking system on the Threads app isn\u2019t a huge shock considering recent moves by the company. When the company introduced a search tool, it blocked certain words \u201cpreviously linked\u201d to misinformation on Meta\u2019s platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, offering users a fact-checking feature does not necessarily mean Threads will become the new front page for digital news<\/a>. Mosseri told TechCrunch<\/em><\/a> that the platform, as of now, does not plan on \u201camplifying the news\u201d on its platform.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/threads-is-going-to-fact-check-content-on-its-app-010720646.html?src=rss
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