https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/13/meta-facebook-factchecking-eu > As Meta abandons third-party factchecking in an ostensibly political move, the future of facts elsewhere remains murky > Factcheckers had no doubt about the real audience for the news this week – delivered via Mark Zuckerberg’s medium of choice, the awkward video message – that, starting in the US, Meta would abandon professional, third-party factchecking across its networks in favor of the user-powered “community notes” model used on X.