From New York, this is Democracy Now.

First, we're going to get rid of fact checkers.

Good of fact checkers. Good of fact checkers.

Weeks after meeting Donald Trump at Mar-a Lago, META CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces sweeping

changes to Facebook and Instagram, including the end of third-party fact-checking in the United

States.

Well, look at how META's decision to lose content moderation could impact Facebook's

three billion users around the world.

We'll speak to Nobel Prize winning journalist Maria Dessa in the Philippines and more.

Then we go to Los Angeles where devastating fires have killed at least

five people destroyed 2,000 homes and buildings in what could be one of the nation's

costliest climate disasters. Over 130,000 people have evacuated. Tonight, more people may get evacuation orders, and if they do, please leave immediately.

If you have an evacuation warning, get ready to go.

We'll speak to John Valiant, author of Fire Weather, on the front lines of a burning world.

And Los Angeles radio and TV hosts, Sinali Kohatkar, she had to evacuate her family yesterday.

All that and more coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman.

Five people have died. 13,000 people ordered to evacuate as multiple wildfires continue to rage in the Los Angeles area, destroying at least 2,000 structures.

The Palisades Fire, which is believed to be the most destructive ever recorded around

Los Angeles, has burned more than 17,000 acres, raising homes and businesses along the iconic

Pacific Coast Highway.

The Eaton Fire has burned over 10,000 acres, including many

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