ClaimsMark Zuckerberg

“It is well-accepted that open source software tends to be more secure because it is developed more transparently.”

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO, writing on Meta Newsroom 23 July 2024 Open Source AI is the Path Forward (Meta Newsroom)

Factual Technology

It is well-accepted that open source software tends to be more secure because it is developed more transparently.

Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.

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Reasoning

'Well-accepted' is a vague consensus claim without a defined test.

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Mark Zuckerberg, “It is well-accepted that open source software tends to be more secure because it is developed more transparently.” (said 23 July 2024). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_da88395fb112, method 0.1.0+3f84d14d, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_da88395fb112

This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.

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