Summary
In this edition we discuss ways of checking facts on social media. This is after Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook and Instagram will change the way facts are checked.
Also in Tech Life, data is being saved for the future, deep underground in the Arctic Circle. Our reporter Adrienne Murray visits the Arctic World Archive in Svalbard. LinkedIn tell us how they are verifying their users are real. And find out why online mapping has become more than getting from A to B.
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Presenter: Imran Rahman-Jones Producer: Tom Quinn Editor: Monica Soriano
(Image: A photo image of Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. Credit: Getty Images)
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| 0:37.8 | Hello and welcome to TechLife on the BBC World Service with me, Imran Rahman Jones. |
| 0:44.1 | Today's program is all about facts, the future and finding our way. We'll be talking about |
| 0:50.4 | fact checking. After MetaBoss, Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook and Instagram |
| 0:55.2 | will change the way facts are checked, we want to know, will it work? |
| 1:00.1 | Meanwhile, on LinkedIn, how do we trust the people on the platform are genuine? |
| 1:05.8 | The future next and how we preserve our digital artefacts for the next generation. |
| 1:11.4 | Adrian Murray visits a code vault buried deep beneath the ground in the Arctic Circle. |
| 1:17.3 | And finding our way why online mapping has become about more than getting from A to B. |
| 1:22.9 | Music There's been plenty of reaction to |
| 1:43.3 | Meta's announcement that they're getting rid of professional |
| 1:46.6 | fact-checkers for Facebook and Instagram in the US. Here's a reminder of what the company's boss |
| 1:52.0 | Mark Zuckerberg had to say. We're going to get rid of fact-checkers and replace them with |
| 1:56.9 | community notes similar to X, starting in the U.S. |
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