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

The social media mogul said Tuesday that Facebook and Instagram will shift to a community notes model and "work with President Trump" to push back on governments going after U.S. companies.

Meta is ending its fact-checking program and lifting restrictions on speech to “restore free expression" across Facebook, Instagram and Meta platforms, admitting its current content moderation practices have “gone too far.

Meta's fact-checking program is coming to an end, after it was announced the company will be moving toward community notes

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.

In a number of sweeping changes that will significantly alter the way that posts, videos and other content are moderated online, Meta will adjust its content review policies on Facebook and Instagram,

Meta will begin replacing its fact-checkers in the United States with a new "community notes" system similar to Elon Musk's platform X, the tech company's CEO announced. Mark Zuckerberg said the move was about getting back to what he says are the company's "roots around free expression".

The social media giant said it would replace its fact-checkers with community notes, claiming the former were "too politically biased." It comes as Meta owner Zuckerberg aims to reconcile with US President-elect Trump.