Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of major changes to the company's moderation policies and practices, saying that the election felt like a "cultural tipping point."

The company announced the policy change on Tuesday, Jan. 7, less than two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration

CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who has been building ties with the incoming Trump administration, said the move was an attempt to restore free expression on its platforms.

In a number of sweeping changes that will significantly alter the way that posts, videos and other content are moderated online, Meta will adjust its content review policies on Facebook and Instagram,

Meta is ending its fact-checking program in the U.S. and replacing it with a system similar to the one used by the X platform. Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, announced the policy overhaul and assured the platform would work with the incoming administration and return to the company's

Meta is abandoning the use of third party fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in the US and will replace it with X-style "community notes", where commenting on the accuracy of posts is left to users.

Facebook-parent Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it would end its current third-party fact-checking program in the United States and instead begin moving to a 'Community Notes' program similar to that on social media platform X.