Mark Zuckerberg claimed content moderation went too far at Meta, and it’s time for a change. Its platforms will no longer rely on third-party fact checkers, instead copying the “community notes” feature from Elon Musk’s X.

Meta's about-face on fact-checking shows how Musk has remade the world in his image.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday said the social media company is putting an end to its fact-check program and replacing it with a community-driven system akin to that of Elon Musk's X.

In a dramatic shift in content moderation policies, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday that Facebook and Instagram would no longer fact-che.

Elon has been publicly trolling Sir Keir Starmer, which forced the Prime Minister to respond at a press conference. He indirectly accused Musk of spreading "lies and misinformation" about grooming in the UK, and of "cheerleading" for Tommy Robinson.

No such post appears on Trump's Truth Social account, nor are there reports from legitimate news outlets about Trump making the comment.

Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta has announced that it will end its fact-checking programme in the US, citing that the checkers have become ‘too biased’. While some believe the move is an attempt by the tech mogul to appease US President-elect Donald Trump,

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Meta is ending its fact-checking program in the U.S. and replacing it with a system similar to the Community Notes on Elon Musk-owned X, the Facebook parent said on Tuesday.

Mark Zuckerberg admitted the move will mean more ‘bad stuff’ on his social media platforms, which are used by billions of people.

Meta will replace it with so-called community notes like on the X platform. The content moderation changes won’t be rolled out in the EU for now.