Source: Trisha Thadani & Will Oremus, Washington Post ( Paid Registration )

Walt Wang is part of a legion of X users who volunteer their time policing misinformation on the site through a feature called Community Notes, which Meta said it would adopt in place of its extensive fact-checking program in the United States.

While researchers have hailed Community Notes as a novel idea in content moderation, online misinformation experts have long argued volunteers are not an adequate replacement for trained employees. The policy, many researchers say, will lead to more falsehoods swirling around the internet that will seep their way into the real world — a shift with unknown consequences for society.

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