Meta’s plan to end its fact-checking program shows how business leaders are shifting their priorities to adapt to another Trump administration.

As part of a broader effort by Mark Zuckerberg to get in President-elect Donald Trump's good graces, the Meta CEO is pulling the plug on fact-checking.

While Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk never did face off in that cage match, "Uncle Elon" has bested Zuck in the political arena, becoming one of the most powerful unelected figures in modern US history.

Zuckerberg later became less vocally critical of Trump. Following the 2024 election, he donated $1 million to his inaugural committee and dined at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida in late November, the Associated Press reported.

The tech billionaire said “community notes,” as used on Elon Musk's X, will be implemented on Facebook and Instagram instead.

Mark Zuckerberg seems eager to join the ranks of MAGA nation, but some of Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters aren’t ready to embrace the Meta owner with open arms. In the latest signal that he is cozying up to the incoming president,

"We need to get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies, and restoring free expression on our platforms," Zuckerberg said on Fox News. "More specifically, we're going to get rid of fact checkers,

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making sweeping changes to the social internet, all in line with the desires of President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters.

Explore how Mark Zuckerberg transitioned from banning Donald Trump on Meta's platforms to aligning his policies with the former president, raising questions about free speech, corporate responsibility,

With less than two weeks before Donald Trump takes office, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of changes to its content moderation practices on Facebook and Instagram, including ending fact-checking and other restrictions.

META boss Mark Zuckerberg is set to end the company’s ‘fact-checker’ programs in favour of a system used on rival site X. “Biased” independent moderators on Facebook and Instagram will be replaced