Meta ditches fact-checkers, embraces Community Notes

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced a significant shift in the company's content moderation approach, emphasizing free speech and reducing censorship. This includes abandoning its fact-checking program and transitioning to a Community Notes model, similar to X (formerly Twitter), across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.

Zuckerberg argues that complex moderation systems often lead to unintended censorship, impacting millions of users. By empowering the community to assess and provide context for potentially misleading information through Community Notes, Meta aims to improve accuracy and reduce reliance on internal fact-checkers. While Community Notes have shown promise on other platforms, concerns remain about their effectiveness in preventing misinformation spread.

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Former Twitter execs sue Musk and X for US$128 million in unpaid severance

Four former executives of Twitter, including ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, are suing Elon Musk and the company, now known as X, for over US$128 million (around CA$174 million) in allegedly unpaid severance benefits. The lawsuit stems from the tumultuous takeover of Twitter by Musk in October 2022.

Upon acquiring Twitter, Musk swiftly fired Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, Chief Legal Officer Vijaya Gadde, and General Counsel Sean Edgett. The lawsuit claims Musk harboured "special ire" towards the group due to their role in the legal battle forcing him to complete the acquisition after attempting to withdraw. Each executive seeks specific amounts in severance, totalling US$128 million: Agrawal - US$57.4 million (~CA$77.9 million), Segal - US$44.5 million (~CA$60.4 million), Gadde - US$20 million (~CA$27.1 million), and Edgett - US$6.8 million (~CA$9.2 million).

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Sony ends Twitter/X integration on PS4/PS5

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Sony is ending its integration with X (formerly Twiter) on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles next week. The ability to view any content published on X on PS5/PS4 and post and view content, trophies, and other gameplay-related activities on X directly from PS5/PS4 will end on Nov. 13. 

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What happened to Ellen’s Oscar selfie? A glitch on X explained

Iconic selfie is restored but look at the reply link (t.co link) that doesn't work anymore

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, is experiencing a glitch that prevents old posts with images or shortened links from displaying properly. The issue was brought to light by Tom Coates on Saturday afternoon and had been noticed by a Brazilian vtuber, @DaniloTakagi, a few days earlier. The glitch seems to affect posts made before December 2014. Videos don't seem to be affected since X added native image support in 2011 and built-in videos in 2016, but links to YouTube and other sites are now broken and show only t.co URLs. 

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