Oversight Board to Engage with Meta on its Fact-Checking Replacement
7 de enero de 2025
UPDATE: This morning, Meta announced changes to content moderation on its platforms beyond fact-checking. The Board will be reviewing the implications of the various changes in line with its commitment to freedom of expression and other human rights.
“The Oversight Board welcomes the news that Meta will revise its approach to fact-checking, with the goal of finding a scalable solution to enhance trust, free speech and user voice on its platforms.
Though Meta’s platforms are intended to be places where people can express themselves freely, its fact-checking program has been subject to various criticisms. Specifically in the United States, rightly or wrongly, Meta’s previous approach has been perceived as politically biased by many of its users.
To address these concerns, Meta has announced it is launching a replacement for its third-party fact-checking program, starting in the United States, through a crowd-sourced approach. We look forward to working with Meta in the coming weeks to understand the changes in greater detail, ensuring its new approach can be as effective and speech-friendly as possible.
The Oversight Board looks forward to helping to shape Meta’s renewed push for free speech in 2025 through our standard case decisions, policy advisory opinions and white papers. As the Board has repeatedly highlighted, it is essential that decisions on content are taken with maximum input from voices outside of Meta, including of the people who use its platforms every day.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Nick Clegg who, as president of global affairs at Meta, was instrumental in overseeing the creation of the Oversight Board and has been a strong advocate for freedom of speech on Meta’s platforms. We look forward to Joel Kaplan’s leadership in continuing this important work.”
Statement by Co-Chairs of the Oversight Board:
Evelyn Aswad, Michael McConnell, Pamela San Martín, Helle Thorning-Schmidt
