Society 13:16 08/01/2025 World

Meta ends fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday the social media giant was rolling back the use of third-party fact-checkers on its platforms, starting with the US, DW reported.

Zuckerberg claimed that "fact checkers have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they've created, especially in the US."

Many conservatives have long described the fact-checking programs as censorship.

Elon Musk's X platform, which Zuckerberg said the new Meta system aimed to emulate, had also abandoned fact-checkers and replaced them with community notes.

In a video he posted on Facebook, Zuckerberg said Meta was focused on "restoring free expression" on its platforms, which also include Instagram, Threads and Whatsapp.

"It's time to get back to our roots around free expression. We're replacing fact checkers with community notes, simplifying our policies and focusing on reducing mistakes," another Zuckerberg statement read.

The 40-year-old tycoon said that "recent elections feel like a cultural tipping point toward, once again, prioritizing speech."

He added that Meta platforms would "simplify" their content policies "and get rid of a bunch of restrictions on topics like immigration and gender that are just out of touch with mainstream discourse."

Meta will also relocate its trust and safety and content moderation teams from California to Texas. Zuckerberg suggested the southern state is a place where "there is less concern about the bias of our teams."

Meta platforms will also allow users greater control over the amount of political content they see, reversing a 2021 policy to reduce political content across its platforms.

"It feels like we're in a new era now," Zuckerberg said. "And we're starting to get feedback that people want to see this content again."



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