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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
imageMeta stirred up controversy when it ditched fact-checking.Chesnot/Getty Images

Meta’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...

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