Meta's decision to scrap its fact-checking program will not immediately impact Malaysia, according to Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil. He states that the change will initially affect only the United States market. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained that the company will replace traditional fact-checking with a Community Notes model, similar to Twitter's.
Meta ’s move to remove independent fact-checking on its platforms will have repercussions, but it will not be affecting Malaysia’s social media community anytime soon, said Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil. “At the moment, I don’t see it affecting the Malaysian market, only the United States,” he said, referring to Meta ’s initial implementation of the move over the next few months.
Meta in a statement on Jan 7 announced that it will scrap its eight-year-old fact-checking programme, reduce censorship and boost political content on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Its CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that they would instead replace fact-checking with a Community Notes model, not unlike that introduced by Twitter (now known as X), back in 2021.“This could be a positive thing, as the public can comment and contribute explanations on content that was uploaded to Facebook, for example, and it would be highlighted instead of being buried in the comments section,” he told the media in a press conference at the ministry today. Fahmi said Meta had yet to contact him, Deputy Minister Teo Nie Ching or the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission to further discuss the matter.Meta’s decision to scrap the programme that it introduced in 2016 came as a surprise for many, but more so the 10 independent fact-checking partners it contracted in the US. The programme was introduced to curb the spread of misinformation, particularly politically-oriented ones. It is not yet clear whether or not the decision would affect fact-check organisations it had made similar arrangements within about 119 countries around the world, with a large number of them in Europe, Brazil and India. Zuckerberg on Jan 7 also posted a five-minute video explaining the issue. He attributed Meta’s new direction to the political climate following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory and a renewed commitment to promoting “free expression” on its platform
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