Fake headlines flood Facebook after fact-checkers dropped — including 'Zuckerberg dead'

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is dealing with a flood of fake news headlines after announcing that his social media sites will stop fact-checking news stories on Meta platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Instead, Zuckerberg said he'd copy Elon Musk's "community notes" model.

One headline shared on X read, "Mark Zuckerberg-Dead at 36-Says Social Media Sites Should Not Fact-Check Posts."

"'I killed Jeffrey Epstein but still miss him every day.' -Mark Zuckerberg, 2023," another headline reads.

ALSO READ: Trump intel advisor Devin Nunes still dismisses Russian election meddling as a 'hoax'

"Mark Zuckerberg, recipient of world's first rat penis transplant, announces Meta will stop fact-checking," read one headline shared on Facebook from "The Hard Times News."

Meanwhile, comedians like those at "The Daily Show" mocked the GOP for Zuckerberg, saying that Republicans don't rely on facts.

See Zuckerberg's full explainer video below.

- YouTube www.youtube.com