Meta has said that its “Community Notes” feature intended to replace third-party fact checkers will use the open-source algorithm developed by Elon Musk’s X. Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced the moderation shake-up in January amid a flurry of moves by Big Tech to ingratiate itself with United States President Donald Trump’s administration.

Meta revealed in a blog post more details of its new content moderation tool, and said it incorporates the same open-source algorithm that powers X’s Community Notes.  TakeAway Points: On Thursday, Meta announced that the open-source algorithm from X will be used in its new Community Notes crowdsourced content moderation tool.

Tech giant Meta has confirmed that it’s going to be using Elon Musk’s X technology for its much anticipated crowdsourced fact-checking feature called Community Notes. The news is not too surprising considering X was the first to have Community Notes as a part of its program.

Meta will start testing "Community Notes" in the U.S. from March 18 using technology developed by Elon Musk-owned X, the Facebook parent said on Thursday, two months after scrapping its fact-checking program amid pressure from conservatives.

Meta will begin one of the company's most significant overhauls ever for how it fact-checks information on its platforms. On March 18, Meta

Meta will soon roll out its new fact-checking replacement, Community Notes, a crowd-sourced tool that will sunset the company's third party fact-checking team in favor of what Meta alleges is a "less biased" way to curb misinformation.

Meta will begin testing its X-style Community Notes starting March 18th. The feature will roll out on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads in the US – but Meta won’t publicly publish the notes to start as it tests the Community Notes writing and rating system.