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.

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta says it’s scrapping its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with a Community Notes program written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk’s so

Meta is abandoning the use of third party fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in the US and will replace it with X-style "community notes", where commenting on the accuracy of posts is left to users.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has defended the company’s sweeping changes to its content moderation policies, which include scrapping its U.S. fact-checking program and reducing curbs on contentious topics like immigration and gender identity.

Mark Zuckerberg dismissed concerns about users leaving Meta platforms in response to the company's decision to end its U.S. fact-checking program, saying any exits would be "virtue signaling." In a reply on Threads to a user's post criticizing Meta's influence and suggesting that people feel trapped on the platform,