Meta, kamfanin mai mallakar Facebook da Instagram, ta yanke shawarar soke shirinta na binciken gaskiya a Amurka. Wannan matakin ya haifar da damuwa a tsakanin masu binciken gaskiya da ke fuskantar rage kudade da kuma yiwuwar soke ayyuka.
Tun daga shekarar 2016, Meta ta kasance tana ba da tallafi ga kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu don gudanar da binciken gaskiya kan abubuwan da ke faruwa a shafukanta na sada zumunta. Wannan shirin ya kasance yana ba da damar tantance ingancin labarai da kuma rage yaduwar labaran karya. Amma a yau, kamfanin ya yanke shawarar soke wannan shirin a Amurka, inda ya bayyana cewa zai maye gurbinsa da wani shiri mai suna Community Notes.
Joel Kaplan, Shugaban Harkokin Duniya na Meta, ya bayyana cewa shirin binciken gaskiya ya koma wani abu da ya fi dacewa da nufin farko na kamfanin, wato ba da damar mutane su bayyana ra’ayoyinsu cikin ‘yanci. Ya kara da cewa, “An yi kuskure da yawa, kuma an hana mutane yin magana ba tare da an hana su ba.”
Masu binciken gaskiya da ke aiki tare da Meta sun bayyana cewa wannan matakin zai yi tasiri mai yawa a kan ayyukansu. Alan Duke, wanda ya kafa Lead Stories, ya ce kamfaninsa zai rasa kudade da yawa, wanda zai haifar da rage ma’aikata. Jesse Stiller, editan Check Your Fact, ya kuma bayyana cewa suna cikin mamakin yanke shawarar kuma ba su da tabbas game da makomar ayyukansu.
Meta ta kasance tana ba da tallafi fiye da dala miliyan 100 ga kungiyoyin binciken gaskiya tun daga shekarar 2016. Wannan tallafi ya taimaka wajen yaki da labaran karya kan cutar COVID-19 da kuma sauran batutuwa masu muhimmanci. Amma yanzu, matakin da kamfanin ya dauka na soke wannan shirin ya haifar da damuwa a tsakanin masu binciken gaskiya da ke fuskantar yiwuwar rage kudade.
A cikin wata sanarwa, Meta ta bayyana cewa za ta fara aiwatar da shirin Community Notes a Amurka a cikin ‘yan watanni masu zuwa. Wannan shirin ya ba da damar mutane su ba da bayanai kan abubuwan da suke ganin suna da shakku, maimakon dogaro ga kungiyoyin binciken gaskiya.
Duk da haka, masu binciken gaskiya sun yi imanin cewa wannan matakin zai yi tasiri mai yawa ga ayyukansu. Aaron Sharockman, shugaban PolitiFact, ya ce kamfaninsa zai ci gaba da ayyukansa na binciken gaskiya, ko da yake ba tare da tallafin Meta ba.
