Meta is to scrap independent fact-checking in favour of a system similar to that on Elon Musk’s social media platform X.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed Facebook and Instagram into a new era when he announced that they would follow in the footsteps of Elon Musk's X, doing away with fact-checkers and other content moderation in favor of community notes and freer speech.

The Meta CEO announced changes to content moderation just in time for a familiar incoming presidential administration.

Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced that Meta would end its partnerships with third party fact-checkers and institute a “Community Notes” model.

In a video announcing the changes, Zuckerberg says Meta has built a lot of complex systems to moderate content, "But the problem with complex systems is

As he argued that content moderation on Facebook and Instagram has “gone too far,” Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg sported an oversized black t-shirt, a gold chain and a luxury Greubel Forsey watch,

The Meta chief executive officer announced the changes to content moderation on Facebook and Instagram long sought by conservatives.

T he founder of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, has announced substantial changes to the way that his company’s two most popular products, the social media networks Facebook and Instagra

Zuckerberg made the changes amid pressures from the Republican Party as they feel fact-checking on Meta platforms limits free speech.

Fact-checking firms that teamed with Meta are refuting CEO Mark Zuckerberg's suggestion linking their work to censorship.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's political shift to the right ahead of the new Trump administration was months in the making.