Facebook owner Meta is ending its third party fact checking programme in the US and replacing it with a "Community Notes" system similar to that on Elon Musk-owned micro෴bloggiﷺng website X.
Meta is ending its third party fact checking programme in the US and replacing it with a Community Notes system similar to m🗹icroblꦺogging website X.
Facebook owner Meta is ending its third party fact checking programme in the US and replacing it with a "Community Notes" system similar to that on Elon Musk-owned micro෴bloggiﷺng website X.
"We're going to get rid of fact-checkeꦺrs and replace them with community notes similar to X (formerly Twitter), starting in ꧃the US," Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on social media.
Zucke🦩rberg said that "fact checkers have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they've created, especially𝓀 in the US."
The decision includes dismantling the existing fact-checking system on all Meta platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Threads, and introducing a new community-driven approach similar to the one use﷽d by Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter.
US President-elect Donald Trump appea🧜red pleased with the move, saying "They have come a long way- Meta. The man (Zukerberg) was very impressive." When asked if he believed it was a response to his threats against Zuckerberg, he said, "Probably, yeah" as per the reports.
Elon Musk, a long-time advocate for free expression, also welcome🐽d the announcement. Reacting to the news on X, Musk simply wrote, "This is cool."
Tꦍhe Rep✤ublican Party and Musk have complained about Meta's fact-checking policies in the past, deeming them censorship.
In a video message, Zuckerberg explained that Meta's decision to eliminate fact-checkers stemmed from concerns over political bias. "Fact-checkers have just b♕een too politically bias🐭ed and have destroyed more trust than they’ve created," he said.
Instead, Meta plans to implement a "community notes" system, mirroring the model used by X, where users collaboratively provide context and clarifications to potentially contentious ♚posts.
To further address concerns about bias, Zuckerberg announced that Meta's content moderation teams will relocate from Ca🍨lifornia to Texas "where there is less concern about the bias of our teams".
However, he emphasised that the 🍎change is a step toward restoring trust and promoting open discourse on the platform.
The social media giant also announced plans to promote "more speech" by easing certain restrictions on topics t🙈hat are part of mainstream discussions. This shift aims, the company said, to priorities addressing illegal activities and "high severity violations" such a♉s terrorism, child sexual exploitation, and drug-related offences.