Meta’s Threads to Roll Out 3rd-Party Fact-Checking Ahead of 2024 Election

The Mark Zuckerberg-headed company already uses third-party fact-checkers to moderate content shared on Facebook and Instagram.

The Threads logo is displayed on a cell phone in San Anselmo, Calif., on July 5, 2023. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Meta will begin rolling out a fact-checking program for its Threads app, a rival to the X platform, ahead of the U.S. presidential election in 2024 as part of efforts to crack down on “false content.”

The Mark Zuckerberg-led company announced the plan in a blog post published on Dec. 12.