The Meta CEO announced changes to content moderation just in time for a familiar incoming presidential administration.

A headline saying that tech billionaire Elon Musk had just bought Boeing spread online in December along with other false claims following the Nov. 5 U.S. election saying that Musk, a supporter of President-elect Donald Trump,

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday said the social media company is ending its fact-checking program and replacing it with a community-driven system similar to that of Elon Musk's X.

Meta, the social media company that launched an independent fact-checking program in 2016, will get rid of fact checkers to usher in other changes to its moderation policies.

In a speech to the Oxford Farming Conference on Thursday, Steve Reed, UK government minister, announced that secondary legislation required to give force to 2023’s Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act would be introduced to parliament by the end of March.

The satirical article, "Elon Musk Blocks Disney's Pride Content on X, Says 'Woke' Isn't for Kids," was posted on Nov. 12, 2024, and includes satire labels in its primary image and body text. However, the Facebook post includes no indication of the claim's original satirical nature.

In a dramatic shift in content moderation policies, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday that Facebook and Instagram would no longer fact-che.

I am not aware of Elon Musk financing parties, associations or political exponents around the world, said Giorgia Meloni, adding that George Soros does this.

The UK’s top diplomat has told Elon Musk that free speech must be based on fact, as the spat between Donald Trump’s powerful backer and the government of one of the United States’ closest allies deepens.

A lawyer for billionaire Elon Musk has asked attorney generals in the states of California and Delaware to push OpenAI to auction a major stake in its business to decide fair value of its charitable asset during its corporate restructuring,

The AfD has been put under observation by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency for suspected extremism, and mainstream parties have shunned working with it.