Meta is expanding its Community Notes program to 16 countries in Latin America, including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The crowd-sourced fact-checking system, which has 1.4 million contributors in the US, will begin onboarding contributors to write contextual notes for posts on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. During testing, notes will not be visible to users, and Meta states there are "no changes to our third-party fact checking program at this time." However, the company suggests Community Notes will eventually replace existing fact-checking arrangements once the product proves successful.

The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) and The Oversight Board have expressed deep concern. IFCN warns the program "alone is simply not adequate" for reducing harmful falsehoods. The Oversight Board, led by co-chair Paolo Carozza, previously advised against expanding Community Notes to countries with high polarization, protracted conflict, or organized disinformation networks — conditions present in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Ecuador, and Venezuela. The board urged Meta to use all tools addressing misinformation rather than treating Community Notes as a direct replacement.

Research by Indicator found only 3 percent of Instagram posts debunked by AFP's US bureau received a Community Note, raising questions about effectiveness compared to X's implementation.