It’s also the latest indication that Zuckerberg is trying to buddy up to incoming president Donald Trump, and is in that respect becoming more like Trump’s current right-hand man in tech: Elon Musk.

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

With Republicans back in control of both chambers of Congress and calling for new regulation of Big Tech, the Meta CEO is realigning with Trump.

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

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

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg says "community notes" will now moderate content. That already happens on Elon Musk's X. Here's how they work — and don't.

Mark Zuckerberg claimed the title of the world’s third-wealthiest person Monday, but is still behind tech billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk.

Meta announced its new policy, stating that getting varied voices on the platform brings out the good, the bad, and the ugly in free speech; nonetheless, the restrictions on topics hitherto banned are now being lifted, “allowing more speech.”

It wasn't just fact-checking that Meta scrapped from its platforms as it prepares for the second Trump administration. Meta has relaxed its hate speech rules, raising concerns about vulnerable groups.

Zuckerberg wants Meta’s online platforms to put free speech over content moderation, as with Musk’s X. While freedom of expression is valuable, there’s a key test that social media posts must pass.