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Facebook, Instagram and Threads will start testing Community Notes on March 18

Meta's Community Notes program, its replacement for third-party fact checkers, is picking up steam.

Things will work in a similar way to Community Notes on X, Meta says, with the idea that users bring extra context to posts that could use more explanation, clarity or perhaps a correction. It won't necessarily matter how many contributors approve a note — Meta will only include one on a post when "people who normally disagree decide that it provides helpful context." Mark Zuckerberg, Meta's CEO, said back in January that President Donald Trump's reelection was part of the reason the company changed its approach, claiming that it was "a cultural tipping point" for free speech.

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