The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact-checkers on Facebook, Threads and Instagram and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. It is likely to please President-elect Trump and his allies.

Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday that Meta would roll back on fact-checking, which has led to an outpouring of false claims on Threads.

Meta Founder Mark Zuckerberg announced sweeping changes to his company’s social media platforms, including getting rid of fact checkers and major changes to its “Hateful Conduct” policies. Republican strategist Scott Jennings praised the move and says the fact checkers were just “partisan sledgehammers.

In a video posted on Meta platforms, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has announced ditching third-party fact-checking and replacing it with a 'community notes' system similar to that of Elon Musk's X.