Meta begins sign-ups for community notes on Facebook, Instagram, Threads

Meta said yesterday that it is now accepting sign-ups for its Community Notes programme on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.

The announcement follows Meta news last month that it’s going to end its third-party fact-checking program and is instead moving to a Community Notes model similar to the one at X.

In a blog post, Meta explains that Community Notes will be a way for users across its platforms to decide when posts are misleading, and allow them to add more context to the posts.

Starting today, people can sign up to be among the first contributors to the programme. To sign up, users must be based in the United States and be over 18 years of age.

Plus, users must have an account that’s more than six months old and in good standing, along with a verified phone number or enrollment in two-factor authentication.

Meta says contributors will be able to write and submit a Community Note to posts that they think are misleading or confusing. Just like on X, Notes can include things like background information, a tip, or other details that users might find useful.

Notes will have a 500-character limit and are required to include a link.

“For a Community Note to be published on a post, users who normally disagree, based on how they’ve rated Notes in the past, will have to agree that a Note is helpful,” Meta explains. “Notes will not be added to content when there is no agreement or when people agree a Note is not helpful.”