In response to a user’s criticism, Mark Zuckerberg defended Meta’s changes, claiming that the shift from third-party fact-checkers to Community Notes will improve platforms. He acknowledged that some might leave for ’virtue signaling,

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that he was ending professional fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram.

For all the talk of freedom, Mr Zuckerberg’s video was another example of the capture of American business by the bullying incoming president. Mr Trump has called Facebook an “enemy of the people” and threatened to ensure that Mr Zuckerberg “spends the rest of his life in prison”.