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Report: Meta's fact checking program failed to spot most disinformation

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Summary
Nutrition label

82% Informative

Only 14 percent of posts with Russian , Chinese , and Iranian disinformation narratives were flagged as false by Meta .

Report: "Vast majority of posts advancing foreign disinformation narratives spread without carrying any of the fact-checking labels used by Meta" Report: Algorithm fails to spot differences in language, such as rephrasing or paraphrasing.

VR Score

84

Informative language

84

Neutral language

54

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

67

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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