Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg released a video saying it was time to prioritize “free expression" and that fact-checkers had become “politically biased."

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have joined the ranks of those displeased with Meta’s changes to fact-checking and have released a statement saying that

A prominent member of the pro-Trump think tank behind Project 2025 said he will personally urge Donald Trump to deport Prince Harry if he lied on immigration papers, after he and wife Meghan Markle launched a withering attack on Meta for abandoning its fact-checking program.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have called for Meta to reverse course on its decision to rid its platforms of fact checkers in favor of community notes. In a statement released Monday, the royal couple said Meta’s decision was fueled by “ego or profit, likely both.”

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have taken aim at Mark Zuckerberg following Meta’s latest move to scrap fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram and Threads.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex released a statement this week accusing Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and Threads, of "allowing more abuse and normalising hate speech" after its decision to scrap third-party fact-checking and loosen its content moderation.

Allowing more abuse and normalizing hate speech serves to silence speech and expression, not foster it,” the Sussexes wrote.