Mark Zuckerberg Announces Major Shift: Community Notes on Instagram and Facebook, Meta Ends Fact-Checking Era

Berfin Ceren Meray
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In a groundbreaking move, Mark Zuckerberg reveals that Meta will no longer rely on traditional fact-checkers. Instead, Instagram, Facebook, and Threads will now adopt a community-driven model similar to Elon Musk's X platform. This radical shift aims to reduce censorship and encourage more political content across Meta platforms. Zuckerberg’s announcement, 'We’re returning to our roots,' marks the end of fact-checking as we know it.

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Mark Zuckerberg, in a recent statement, announced that Facebook, Instagram, and Threads will no longer be monitored by real moderators.

Zuckerberg expressed that the 'real moderators' of Meta had too much political bias, and that they had 'undermined the trust they had created.'

Meta, with over 3 billion users worldwide, will move its content moderation teams from California to Texas, where there is "less concern about bias."

Zuckerberg mentioned that with the changes in filtering, fewer harmful things would be flagged, and that a range of restrictions on topics like immigration and gender, which have little to do with mainstream discourse, would be removed. However, Meta will continue to enforce strict moderation on issues such as drugs, terrorism, and child abuse, which negatively affect children.

Zuckerberg stated that he would work with President Trump to stand against governments worldwide that are trying to impose more censorship on American companies.

He explained that his new plan is to adapt to the changing dynamics of the political and social environment and, more importantly, to embrace freedom of expression.

Instead of real moderators, a system similar to X’s community notes will be implemented on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.

'We will return to our roots, focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies, and re-establishing freedom of expression on our platforms,' Zuckerberg said, adding that the changes would begin in the U.S.

Political content that had previously been stopped from being recommended on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads will be reintroduced. Previously, political content had been suppressed in users' feeds and recommendations. However, with the new decision, which was reportedly based on user demand, political content will gradually return to Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.

The changes announced by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg are believed to have been influenced by the shift in the U.S. government.

Before the U.S. elections, Zuckerberg met with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate. After their meeting, Meta made a donation to Trump's inauguration fund.