The International Fact-Checking Network proposed crowdsourcing in conjunction with professionals, a "new model."

The Facebook boss says a key reason he's ditching fact-checking is because the Biden Administration "basically pushed" the company to censor COVID-19 posts The post Mark Zuckerberg Compares Meta’s Fact-Checking to ‘1984’ as His Apps Prepare for Community Notes appeared first on TheWrap.

In response to a user’s criticism, Mark Zuckerberg defended Meta’s changes, claiming that the shift from third-party fact-checkers to Community Notes will improve platforms. He acknowledged that some might leave for 'virtue signaling,

The Spectator contributor Terry Barnes lauds Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg for acknowledging the changing of the tides by scrapping fact-checkers on Facebook and Instagram in the US.

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

Mark Zuckerberg has decided now is the time for Meta to ditch its independent fact-checkers as misinformation becomes more commonplace.