Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday said the social media company is putting an end to its fact-check program and replacing it with a community-driven system akin to that of Elon Musk's X.

The policy overhaul, which Mr. Zuckerberg says will bring Meta ‘back to our roots’ and reinstate ‘free expression’ is sending shock waves across the

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Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday that Facebook will roll back its fact-checking program. Follow Newsweek's live blog for updates.

Community Notes model will allow users on Meta's social media sites Facebook, Instagram and Threads to call out posts that may be misleading.

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

Figures including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg became even wealthier over the past 12 months amid AI buzz, rate cuts, and Trump's win.

It's time to get back to our roots,' the Meta CEO says in killing formal fact checks. It's clear that Zuckerberg has watched Musk’s political ascent and seeks to follow the same playbook.

"We're replacing fact-checkers with Community Notes, simplifying our policies and focusing on reducing mistakes," Zuckerberg said on Tuesday. "Looking forward to this next chapter