Mark Zuckerberg shuts down Meta fact-checking program, replaces it with Community Notes in the US

In a significant policy shift, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has announced the end of its third-party fact-checking program in the United States. This move comes as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office for a second term.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the company will replace the fact-checking program with a community-based system similar to the “Community Notes” model used by Elon Musk’s social platform X. This new approach will allow users to call out potentially misleading posts and provide additional context, rather than relying on independent fact-checking organisations.