Meta will start testing "Community Notes" in the U.S. from March 18 using technology developed by Elon Musk-owned X, the Facebook parent said on Thursday, two months after scrapping its fact-checking program amid pressure from conservatives.

Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, Meta, will begin testing its new Community Notes fact-checking tool this week, which will be initially based on a rating system used by Elon Musk's X.

The social media company announced Community Notes back in January as a replacement for the third-party fact-checking program that has been in place since 2016, saying it would rely on users across all three platforms to flag misinformation on posts.