Meta ditches fact-checkers and makes other major changes to moderation policies [Video]

In a number of sweeping changes that will significantly alter the way that posts, videos, and other content are moderated online, Meta will adjust its content review policies on Facebook and Instagram, getting rid of fact-checkers and replacing them with user-generated “community notes,” similar to Elon Musk’s X, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday.

The changes come just before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office and just after Zuckerberg met with Trump and donated a million dollars to his inauguration.

“Fact-checkers have been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they’ve created,” Zuckerberg said in a video announcing the new policy Tuesday. “What started as a movement to be more inclusive has increasingly been used to shut down opinions and shut out people with different ideas, and it’s gone too far.”

Zuckerberg, however, acknowledged a “tradeoff” in the new policy, noting more harmful content will appear on the platform as a result …