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	Podcast:		Marketplace Tech
	Episode:		Is community fact-checking the future of social media moderation?
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:06:54
	Publish Date:		2025-04-24 10:00:00
	Description:		TikTok is going to be testing a new crowd-sourced fact-checking system called Footnotes. It’s seems similar to the Community Notes systems already in use on other social media, such as X and Facebook. TikTok is also keeping its current fact-checking systems in place. The way these community systems generally work is, say someone makes a post stating "whales are the biggest fish out there." Another user could add a note saying "actually, whales are mammals, and here's a source with more information." Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes spoke with Vanderbilt psychology professor Lisa Fazio about why this model of "citizen fact-checking" is catching on.
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