Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that the social media company is getting rid of its fact-checking program. Instead, it will rely on a community-driven system where users correct inaccurate posts.

Meta has decided to end its fact-checking program. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced significant changes to the company's moderation policies and practices on Tuesday, attributing the shift to a renewed commitment to free speech.

The International Fact-Checking Network proposed crowdsourcing in conjunction with professionals, a "new model."

I'm counting on these changes actually making our platforms better," Zuckerberg wrote on Threads, the X-like social media site owned by Meta.

The Spectator contributor Terry Barnes lauds Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg for acknowledging the changing of the tides by scrapping fact-checkers on Facebook and Instagram in the US.