Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's political shift to the right ahead of the new Trump administration was months in the making.

The Meta CEO announced changes to content moderation just in time for a familiar incoming presidential administration.

Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday that Facebook will roll back its fact-checking program. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Fact-checking firms that teamed with Meta are refuting CEO Mark Zuckerberg's suggestion linking their work to censorship.

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg announced the company will end fact-checking and other restrictions on Facebook and Instagram.

Zuckerberg was seen wearing a Greubel Forsey Hand Made 1 on his left wrist while making the announcement.

Zuckerberg made the changes amid pressures from the Republican Party as they feel fact-checking on Meta platforms limits free speech.

As he argued that content moderation on Facebook and Instagram has “gone too far,” Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg sported an oversized black t-shirt, a gold chain and a luxury Greubel Forsey watch,

The Meta chief executive officer announced the changes to content moderation on Facebook and Instagram long sought by conservatives.

In a video announcing the changes, Zuckerberg says Meta has built a lot of complex systems to moderate content, "But the problem with complex systems is