Meta Ends Fact-Checking Program on Facebook: What to Know

The move ends a years-long trend toward more moderation.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Paley Center in New York City on Oct. 25, 2019. Mark Lennihan/AP Photo

Meta has ended its fact-checking program, among other major changes.

Here’s what to know.

‘Too Politically Biased’

Meta introduced the fact-checking program in 2016 after Donald Trump won that year’s presidential election.