The news came after Mark Zuckerberg’s company faced critics who said “fact-checkers” suppressed free speech and censored information.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said moving teams from California to Texas and other states would help address concerns of overcensorship on its platforms.

Meta will replace it with so-called community notes like on the X platform. The content moderation changes won’t be rolled out in the EU for now.

Meta, the social media company that launched an independent fact-checking program in 2016, will get rid of fact checkers to usher in other changes to its moderation policies.

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Meta, has vowed to work with Donald Trump to “push back” against greater regulation of social media platforms in a direct challenge to the UK and EU.

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

You’ve likely seen that Mark Zuckerberg, newly re-branded as Donald Trump’s fluffy lap monkey, has announced that Facebook and Meta’s other properties are getting out of the content

Meta says it's changing its moderation policies for all platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, in an effort to reduce censorship and political bias.

Elon Musk says it is "awesome" and "cool" that Meta will soon roll out a Community Notes-like feature that mirrors X's version

Social media company Meta Platforms on Tuesday scrapped its U.S. fact-checking program and reduced curbs on discussions around contentious topics such as immigration and gender identity, bowing to criticism from conservatives as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office for a second time.