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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 2y ago

NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...

Behind the scenes, the company was also quietly dismantling a system to prevent the spread of misinformation. When the company announced on Jan. 7 that it would end its fact-checking partnerships, the company also instructed teams responsible for ranking content in the company’s apps to stop penalizing misinformation, according to sources and an internal document obtained by Platformer.

The result is that the sort of viral hoaxes that ran roughshod over the platform during the 2016 US presidential election — “Pope Francis endorses Trump,” Pizzagate, and all the rest — are now just as eligible for free amplification on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads as true stories.

@fuzheado.bsky.social · 2y ago

Happy Wikipedia Day all

Wikimedia Foundation@wikimediafoundation.org · 2y ago

On 15 January 2001, Wikipedia was launched with a vision for a free, open encyclopedia that anyone could edit. 24 years later, it has grown into one of the world’s most visited websites, offering 63+ million articles in 300+ languages, thanks to its incredible global community of volunteers 🧵⬇️ (1/3)

A tall white cake adorned with flowers and a capital "W" sits atop a wooden table. Text says: Happy 24th birthday, Wikipedia! Thank you to the outstanding community of editors behind this project that is still changing the world daily.

@fuzheado.bsky.social · 2y ago

Astonishing to see the migration of US #TikTokRefugee users to the Chinese app Red Book/Xiaohongshu (小红书). It's not even easy to search for the name in the App Store, yet it's #1 in social. media downloads. www.wired.com/story/red-no...

With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘Red Note’

Some say they joined Xiaohongshu, which translates to “little red book,” to spite the US government after a ban on TikTok became more likely.

wired.com