The move from President Biden allows hundreds of thousands of people from Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela to stay in the country temporarily.

President Joe Biden said Friday that Meta’s decision to get rid of fact checkers and replace them with user-generated community notes is “really shameful” as he answered questions from reporters on a number of subjects following a speech on the economy.

US President Joe Biden blasted Meta Friday for scrapping fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in the United States, calling the move "really shameful" after a global network warned of real-world harm if the tech giant expands its decision to other countries.

Mark Zuckerberg criticized the Biden administration during a conversation with podcaster Joe Rogan, claiming the administration would “scream” and “curse” at Meta Platforms Inc. employees amid discussions about how to moderate content related to Covid-19 during the pandemic.

However, the fact-checkers started doing more than they were intended to do, and Zuckerberg compared their censorship to “something out of 1984 where it really is a slippery slo

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has accused the Joe Biden administration of “pushing” to censor posts about the Covid-19 vaccine on his platforms. In a surprise appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast, Zuckerberg said he was left staggered by the extent to which the US government lobbied to have posts taken down.