Social network Facebook plans to replace its fact checkers with "Community Notes," Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said.

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta said Tuesday it’s scrapping its third-party fact checking program and replacing it with a Community Notes program written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk’s social media platform X.

The change comes as Meta and social media companies broadly have in recent years reversed course on content moderation due in part to the politicization of moderation decisions and programs. Republicans have long criticized Meta’s fact-checking system and fact-checking in general as unfair and favoring Democrats.

Facebook, Instagram, and Threads are ditching third-party fact-checkers in favor of a Community Notes program after seeing “this approach work on X,” according to an announcement penned by Meta’s new Trump-friendly policy chief Joe Kaplan. Meta is also moving its trust and safety teams from California to Texas.

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO, introduced 'Community Notes' to combat misinformation on its platforms and said that it won't rely on fact-checkers.

In a groundbreaking announcement on Tuesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed a series of sweeping changes to content

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.