Mark Zuckerberg is finally ready to be his true self. Surprise: he sucks.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the social media behemoth will end its third party fact-checking program in the U.S. and instead adopt a crowd-sourced “community notes” program. The inspiration for such a decision?

After visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump in November, Mr. Zuckerberg decided to relax Meta’s speech policies. He asked a small team to carry out his goals within weeks. The repercussions are just beginning.

The International Fact-Checking Network proposed crowdsourcing in conjunction with professionals, a "new model."

The Facebook boss says a key reason he's ditching fact-checking is because the Biden Administration "basically pushed" the company to censor COVID-19 posts The post Mark Zuckerberg Compares Meta’s Fact-Checking to ‘1984’ as His Apps Prepare for Community Notes appeared first on TheWrap.