Meta Says It's Ending Fact-Checking on Facebook and Instagram — Here's What That Means

Photo:Onur Dogman/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Onur Dogman/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Less than two weeks before the presidential inauguration ofDonald Trump, Meta is moving away from its third-party fact-checking program — a cornerstone of its platforms since 2016 — in an effort to return to its “fundamental commitment to free expression,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday, Jan. 7. “We’re also going to change how we enforce our policies to reduce the kind of mistakes that account for the vast majority of the censorship on our platforms.

Meta to Pay $25 Million to Settle Donald Trump's 2021 Lawsuit Over Capitol Riot Suspension

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg attends the inauguration of Donald Trump on Jan. 20, 2025.Photo:Chip Somodevilla/Getty Chip Somodevilla/Getty Meta has agreed to pay $25 million to settleDonald Trump’s 2021 lawsuit against the tech company over his previous suspension on its platforms — a ban that notably followed theJan. 6 Capitol riots— PEOPLE has confirmed. Instagram and Facebook’s parent company agreed to the settlement and filed a notice in federal court in San Francisco on Wednesday, Jan.

Mia Thornton Exits theReal Housewives of PotomacSeason 9 Reunion amid Critiques She's a 'Terrible Mother'

Wendy Osefo and Mia Thornton on the ‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ season 9 reunion.Photo:Clifton Prescod/Bravo Clifton Prescod/Bravo Housewives have walked-off reunion sets before, butMia Thorntonmade history on theReal Housewives of Potomacseason 9 reunionwhen she became the first to not return for the rest of filming. The reality star exited the taping of the annual season wrap-up, storming off set after costarGizelle Bryanttold her she was a “terrible mother.” It was an accusation that came after Mia — who shares Jeremiah, 9, Juliana, 7, with estranged husbandGordon Thornton, as well as a teenage son Joshua from a previous relationship — had questioned whether her ex-boyfriendIncognitowas actually her youngest son’s biological father.

Mich. Mother Wakes Up to Find Stranger in Her Attic and Calls Police: ‘I Screamed' for My Daughter to 'Run'

Ashley Strong.Photo:Fox 47 Fox 47 A Michigan mother was shocked when she woke up in the morning to find not her boyfriend, but a stranger in the attic of her home. “I was thinking maybe [my boyfriend] had come home early from work [or] David’s son, maybe,” she recalled to the outlet. “I pulled down the stairs… and I started to climb up them, and I said ‘What the?'… and then it wasn’t [my boyfriend’s] voice that responded.

Michael B. Jordan Plays Twins Defending Their Hometown Against Invading Vampires inSinnersTrailer

DirectorRyan Coogleris bringing twice as muchMichael B. Jordanstar power to their intense new thriller. On Tuesday, Jan. 28, Warner Bros. debuted a new trailer forSinners, in which Jordan, 37, has dual roles as twins.Hailee Steinfeld, Delroy Lindo, Wunmi Mosaku, Omar Miller, Jayme Lawson and Jack O’Connell also round out the cast. Teases a synopsis, “Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.