Although some of Europe’s leaders have found favour with the billionaire, others are worried by his interventions. 

​Although some of Europe’s leaders have found favour with the billionaire, others are worried by his interventions.  

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta announced that it is replacing its fact-checking programme on Facebook and Instagram with a ‘community notes’ programme, a model similar to the one used by Elon Musk’s microblogging platform X. The system – which Meta says it has seen “work on X” – sees people of different viewpoints agree on notes which add context or clarifications to controversial posts. The changes come as technology firms and their executives prepare for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on 20 January. Trump has previously been a vocal critic of Meta and its approach to content moderation. n18oc_world n18oc_crux

The comment follows Donald Trump’s threat on Tuesday to use “economic force” to acquire its neighbour to the north. 

​The comment follows Donald Trump’s threat on Tuesday to use “economic force” to acquire its neighbour to the north.