Day: January 7, 2025

Pence took to X, formerly Twitter, to share his praise to Congress and VP Harris for the peaceful transfer of power concerning Trump’s election certification.

Liberal Party infighting over Trudeau’s handling of the President-Elect and his threat of tariffs dealt a final blow to the prime minister’s premiership. What now?

Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a video that its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, will no longer implement a fact-checking policy, instead relying on community notes similar to what X is doing. He says he also plans to get rid of restrictions on topics like immigration and gender. The news comes two weeks before Trump transitions into office. NBC’s Hallie Jackson reports for TODAY.

A winter storm is poised to pummel Texas and the US South later this week, putting the region at risk of blackouts and travel mayhem.

The social media giant said it would replace its fact-checkers with community notes, claiming the former were “too politically biased.” It comes as Meta owner Zuckerberg aims to reconcile with US President-elect Trump.

The scrapping of the third-party fact-checking programme will begin with the United States.

The scrapping of the third-party fact-checking programme will begin with the United States.

Social media giant Meta announced Tuesday a significant rollback of its content moderation policies, including the termination of its third-party fact-checking program in the United States.