Meta's Mark Zuckerberg announced the company will end fact-checking and other restrictions on Facebook and Instagram.

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These changes will affect Facebook, Instagram and Threads – three of the world's largest social media platforms with a combined user base exceeding three billion. In a video statement, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the fact-checkers "have just been too politically biased, and have destroyed more trust than they've created, especially in the US".

Social media giant Meta on Tuesday slashed its content moderation policies, including ending its US fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram, in a major shift that conforms with the priorities of incoming president Donald Trump.

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If you had any doubt that Meta was changing in order to please the new president, that's over now, Peter Kafka writes.