The billionaire boasted about Meta's "industry-leading fact checking program". It drew, he pointed out, on 80 "independent third-party fact checkers" to curb misinformation on Facebook and Instagram.

Meta announced last week that it would be ditching fact-checkers in favor of X-like Community Notes, and self-described “leaker” Alessandro Paluzzi shared screenshots on Monday showing what the feature might look like in Threads.

Aspects of the program remain subject to change, according to the Wall Street Journal that first reported the development.

Make it a paid ad, I guess. In early January, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that his platform would be getting rid of its fact-checkers in favor of Community Notes. It turns out, those Community Notes meant to keep posts factual and accurate won't apply to paid ads,

Meta shocked the tech world this week by moving to overhaul its approach to fact checking. Here's what the changes mean for social media users.

Meta has announced the implementation of Community Notes, a feature for organic content resembling one from Elon Musk's platform, X. Paid ads won't be affected initially. This shift follows dropping its U.

If you're worried about "Community Notes" showing up under your posts on Threads, Instagram, or Facebook when they roll out later this year, you might be able to pay to avoid them. As The Wall Street Journal reports,