"LatamChequea, a Latin American fact-checking network that includes UOL Confere, today called on Meta not to replace professional fact-checking with Community Notes. The company began testing the system yesterday in 16 Spanish-speaking countries in the region. Brazil, Meta’s largest market in Latin America, was left out, and the company did not explain why.
Community Notes are comments from ordinary users that correct or explain misleading posts. Other users vote on the notes. For a note to be published, it must receive votes from people who tend to think differently, such as users from opposing political sides.
Under the test, users can sign up and write notes, but they are not yet visible to the public. According to Meta, the full rollout in each country, including publication of the notes and the 'gradual migration' of the fact-checking program, will take place once it is confident that the system is working. No timeline has been set."
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This story was translated with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Alejandro Martínez-Cabrera
