Meta (ended fact-checking)

Date

Jan 7, 2025

Sector

Tech

Response

Anticipatory

Source

npr.org ↗

Pressure applied

No specific government order; political criticism of content moderation

What was demanded

None documented

What happened

Meta ended third-party fact-checking in the US, replacing it with a community-notes model

Where it stands

Announced 13 days before the inauguration and praised by Trump.

Period

Pre-term