Meta confirms it will keep fact-checkers outside the U.S. ‘for now’

Meta said it plans to keep its fact-checking program outside the United States for now, though it may eventually expand it elsewhere.

“We’ll see how it goes as we roll it out over the years,” said Nicola Mendelsohn, head of Mater’s global business. told Bloomberg In a report from Davos on Monday. “So nothing is changing in the rest of the world right now, we’re still working with those fact checkers around the world.”

Meta was Keep the fact-checking rails in place on Several years In response to criticism of how its platform was used to spread misinformation. With a new administration in the White House, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram announced earlier this month that it would Replace its fact-checkers with a community notes systemsimilar to What’s in Elon Musk’s X?.

The company may face obstacles in implementing its new program elsewhere in the world, particularly in Europe, which has regulations such as the Digital Services Act (DSA) to prevent the spread of fraudulent content.