Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian called Meta’s decision to end third-party fact-checking a “pragmatic” move, suggesting the program was unsustainable and ineffective.
In January, shortly before Donald Trump’s second inauguration, Meta announced it would discontinue third-party fact-checking on its platforms, a program critics claimed unfairly targeted right-wing content.
As part of broad policy changes at Meta, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to replace third-party fact-checking with a community-based system.