Zuckerberg says fact-checking program was a problem: ‘Twitter just did it better than us’

Published January 10, 2025 4:08pm ET



Mark Zuckerberg appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast and shared that X, formerly known as Twitter, “just did it better than us” when it came to stopping the spread of disinformation, misinformation, and hate speech.   

“I think what Twitter and X have done with community notes — I think it’s just a better program,” Zuckerberg said during the episode released on Friday. “Rather than having a small number of fact-checkers, you get the whole community to weigh in when people usually disagree on something, but they tend to agree on how they’re voting on a note. That’s a good sign to the community that there actually is, like a broad consensus on this, and then you show it, and you’re showing more information, not less.”

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