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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

X Corp welcomes Meta's thumbs-down for fact-checking

X Corp's CEO has praised Meta's decision to replace third-party fact-checking with user moderation. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Meta's decision to ditch independent fact-checking on its US platforms "couldn't be more validating" for its own decision to let users police content themselves, the boss of social network X says.

X Corp chief executive Linda Yaccarino made the comments at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Wednesday, saying the social networks' approach represented a fresh approach to free speech online. 

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