By DAISUKE IGARASHI/ Correspondent
September 3, 2024 at 13:09 JST
Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
SAN FRANCISCO--Meta has enlisted a third-party organization in Japan to prevent the spread of misinformation and disinformation on Facebook, Instagram and the text-sharing app Threads.
The company announced Sept. 2 that Litmus will join its fact-checking program made up of third parties, the first entity from Japan.
Litmus will verify the accuracy of posts in Japanese on the three platforms.
If it flags that some posts are false, altered or partly false, Meta will take action, such as reducing the distribution or number of viewers of such posts.
Litmus, established as a general incorporated association, is a certified member of the Poynter Institute's International Fact-Checking Network.
About 100 organizations are participating in Meta’s fact-checking program, which started in 2016. They cover more than 60 languages.
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