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Meta to end fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram
The Independent
|January 08, 2025
Meta is to scrap its longstanding fact-checking programme in favour of a community notes system similar to that on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X.
Instead of using news organisations or other third-party groups as it does currently, Meta will rely on users to add notes to posts that might be false or misleading.
The changes will affect Facebook and Instagram, the company’s two largest social media platforms which have billions of users, as well as its newer platform, Threads.
“We’re going to get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies and restoring free expression on our platforms,” chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a video.
This story is from the January 08, 2025 edition of The Independent.
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