Meta Ends Disinformation-Spotting Program

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

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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.

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English

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not hateful