Mark Zuckerberg announced the discontinuation of Meta’s fact-checking service in the United States, citing political bias among fact-checkers. The company plans to replace this with a community notes system similar to Twitter’s, raising concerns among fact-checking advocates about misinformation proliferation. This decision takes place against a backdrop of political discourse on censorship led by notable figures like Donald Trump and Elon Musk, potentially impacting Meta’s global operations, though it currently affects only the U.S.