Meta announced this week that it would dump fact-checkers in the US. While some experts say there could be broader implications, others caution it won't cost us a "golden age of truth" on platforms such as Facebook.

Former Facebook Australia CEO Stephen Scheeler says Mark Zuckerberg’s move to ditch fact checkers from the platform as “political”, and the Meta boss is trying to get onside with the incoming Trump administration.

Meta has slashed its content moderation policies, including ending its US fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram, aligning with the priorities of US president-elect Donald Trump.

Independent fact-checkers are a vital safeguard against the spread of harmful misinformation,' said the CEO of an Australian news outlet that is a Meta fact-checking partner.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended his social media policies after the Meta chief pledged to work with Trump to fight government "censorship".

Trump’s election as US president has forced Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg to declare an end to political censorship on his social media platforms Facebook and Instagram. He’s now admitting what Meta long denied – that Facebook was censoring conservatives and the Right, sometimes under pressure from the Biden administration.

With Wednesday’s decision, Mark Zuckerberg has cemented Silicon Valley’s radical facelift as it cosies up to President-elect Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON: A global network on Thursday cautioned that there would be real-world harm if Meta expands its decision to do away with fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram, while refuting

Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged the role of the recent US elections in his thinking, saying they “feel like a cultural tipping point”.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledged to push on with his government’s social media crackdown, including a ban for under 16s, despite tech giant Meta’s plan to scrap fact-checking on its platforms.

Meta’s move comes at a critical moment. With Mr Trump’s return to power looming, the decision to scrap fact-checking feels deliberate. It’s hard to ignore the optics: a $1 million donation to Mr Trump’s inauguration fund, followed by a systematic dismantling of measures designed to combat misinformation.

MSNBC's Michael Steele raged at Meta's Mark Zuckerberg Sunday for doing away with fact-checking and allowing "suggestive comments" beneath the pictures of "young girls" on its platforms, among other questionable practices.