Ryan Knutson

I mean, in any truly substantive sense, it was post-2016. So there was this succession of scandals and crises from fake news in the United States.

I mean, in any truly substantive sense, it was post-2016. So there was this succession of scandals and crises from fake news in the United States.

To Russian election interference.

To Russian election interference.

To Russian election interference.

To the genocide in Myanmar.

To the genocide in Myanmar.

To the genocide in Myanmar.

All of these things were sort of pointing in the direction of the company needs to do more. And for a few years, the company really did.

All of these things were sort of pointing in the direction of the company needs to do more. And for a few years, the company really did.

All of these things were sort of pointing in the direction of the company needs to do more. And for a few years, the company really did.

A few things. There was first just an army of human moderators, mostly outsourced. Then there was efforts to improve the quality of news on the platform, like to sort of weight the system in favor of outlets that users said they trusted rather than like kind of random fly-by-night headlines.

A few things. There was first just an army of human moderators, mostly outsourced. Then there was efforts to improve the quality of news on the platform, like to sort of weight the system in favor of outlets that users said they trusted rather than like kind of random fly-by-night headlines.

A few things. There was first just an army of human moderators, mostly outsourced. Then there was efforts to improve the quality of news on the platform, like to sort of weight the system in favor of outlets that users said they trusted rather than like kind of random fly-by-night headlines.

And there were also automated systems sort of scouring the platform for things that were violations of the platform's rules and demoting them, if not outright removing them.

And there were also automated systems sort of scouring the platform for things that were violations of the platform's rules and demoting them, if not outright removing them.

And there were also automated systems sort of scouring the platform for things that were violations of the platform's rules and demoting them, if not outright removing them.

fact-checkers were in some ways the beachhead for all of this stuff. And ironically, I think it was one of the things that they felt was the least controversial originally, which is that they were going to contract with respected known entities that adhered to journalistic standards, had accreditation. News organizations like the Associated Press and others.

fact-checkers were in some ways the beachhead for all of this stuff. And ironically, I think it was one of the things that they felt was the least controversial originally, which is that they were going to contract with respected known entities that adhered to journalistic standards, had accreditation. News organizations like the Associated Press and others.

fact-checkers were in some ways the beachhead for all of this stuff. And ironically, I think it was one of the things that they felt was the least controversial originally, which is that they were going to contract with respected known entities that adhered to journalistic standards, had accreditation. News organizations like the Associated Press and others.