The decision sparked concerns among experts in the United States and beyond that it could result in a spike in harmful content and misinformation across social media platforms.
The move to replace professional fact-checkers with "community notes" has already been introduced by Elon Musk on his X platform, formerly known as Twitter, where users themselves flag misinformation and where a blue checkmark—used to indicate authenticity as a result of a verification process—can now be purchased for just USD 7.
Ahead of those changes, Radio Poland's Danuta Isler spoke in New York to McKenzie Sadeghi, AI and foreign influence editor at NewsGuard, a company that rates the reliability of news websites, to find out how much is at stake as Trump prepares to take office next week.
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