I'm counting on these changes actually making our platforms better," Zuckerberg wrote on Threads, the X-like social media site owned by Meta.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed Facebook and Instagram into a new era when he announced that they would follow in the footsteps of Elon Musk's X, doing away with fact-checkers and other content moderation in favor of community notes and freer speech.

The Meta CEO announced changes to content moderation just in time for a familiar incoming presidential administration.

As he argued that content moderation on Facebook and Instagram has “gone too far,” Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg sported an oversized black t-shirt, a gold chain and a luxury Greubel Forsey watch,

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

O n Tuesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the social media behemoth will end its third party fact-checking program in the U.S. and instead adopt a crowd-sourced “community notes” program. The inspiration for such a decision? Elon Musk’s X.

Zuckerberg was seen wearing a Greubel Forsey Hand Made 1 on his left wrist while making the announcement.

The Meta chief executive officer announced the changes to content moderation on Facebook and Instagram long sought by conservatives.

T he founder of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, has announced substantial changes to the way that his company’s two most popular products, the social media networks Facebook and Instagra

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 is scrapping independent fact-checkers on Facebook and Instagram. This decision affects the platform’s 3 billion active users worldwide and marks a significant shift in social media content moderation.