The company’s platforms will instead rely on “community notes” for corrections on Facebook, Instagram and Threads. The change, which copies Elon Musk-owned X’s fact-checking system, is necessary because traditional fact-checking caused “too many mistakes and too much censorship,” said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The outcome of the U.S. presidential election also informed the decision, with Zuckerberg noting it was a “cultural tipping point towards, once again, prioritizing speech.” The company will also bring back political content to its sites after limiting access to it last year. (The Logic)

Talking point: Ridding Meta-owned sites of fact-checkers, whom Zuckerberg described as “too politically biased,” will likely please the incoming administration of Donald Trump, who was himself suspended from Facebook in 2021. The company will also move its trust and safety and content moderation teams from California to Texas, “where there is less concern about the bias of our teams,” Zuckerberg said. Meta also announced the appointment of UFC CEO Dana White, a Trump ally, as one of three new company board members.