Europe monitoring social media giants after Meta moves to halt fact-checking of US posts

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, left, and X CEO Elon Musk. Mr Zuckerberg announced his platforms would be using an Community Notes system, as used on Mr Musk's X, where users flag content as false or misleading. File photo: AP/Manu Fernandez, Stephan Savoia

The European Commission appears to be on a collision course with the US over social media giants X and Meta, while the Irish regulator is set to engage with the latter on its drastic changes to content moderation policies announced this week.

With a Trump presidency looming, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg announced his platforms would be ending third-party fact-checking on posts in the US and would instead switch to an X-style Community Notes system where users flag content as false or misleading.