Birdwatch

Image Source : TWITTER COMMUNITY NOTES Twitter testing new feature to fight against fake news: Know more In a recent move to combat the spread of misinformation, Twitter is testing a new feature called "Notes on Media" which will help users spot misleading photos and videos. The company is using crowd-sourced fact-checks through Community Notes to provide useful…

As of October 6th, Twitter’s Birdwatch community moderation program has been expanded to all US users. It’s a big step for Birdwatch, which was officially launched in beta in January 2021, and marks a step up for the platform’s efforts to reduce the spread of misinformation on the platform. But as the scheme expands, data reviewed by The Verge suggests that the most common topics being fact-checked are already covered by Twitter’s misinformation policies, raising new questions as to the overall impact of the program.At…

It’s clear that Twitter vice president of product Keith Coleman genuinely believes in Birdwatch, the platform’s community-based debunking feature that will be expanding to 50% of U.S. users this week. The feature has been met with skepticism by some, who worry bad actors will misuse it and fill the social network with even more misinformation.Coleman has heard it all before. One of the most common questions he’s received is: Will Birdwatch be exploited?“Everyone is so used to things on the Internet being trolled or…

Twitter Inc will expand its community fact-checking project called Birdwatch, the social media company said, deepening its novel approach to a new form of content moderation. Birdwatch launched last year, allowing some Twitter users to debunk misleading tweets by attaching notes to the content in order to provide context or point to accurate sources. Social media platforms including Twitter have long faced competing pressures on how to moderate content that appears on their services. Critics have accused the companies of…

Twitter announced on Wednesday that it is bringing several new additions to its Birdwatch community fact-checking programme that was launched last year. The Birdwatch programme consists of users who help identify potentially misleading tweets and add notes to provide context with added information. The social media platform has now revealed that it is rolling out a new onboarding process for the programme. Furthermore, Twitter will be increasing the visibility of notes to increase the seemingly positive impact Birdwatch…

Do you want to fact-check for Twitter?Image: Courtesy of TwitterTwitter is expanding Birdwatch, its misinformation debunking product “for the people, by the people,” in the U.S., a move that will put community-based fact checking to the test. In the coming days, there’s a good chance you’ll see notes on tweets in your timeline written by Birdwatch contributors that provide additional information or maybe even revealthat the tweet is completely wrong.Beginning this week, Twitter will begin to accept 1,000 new contributors…

Twitter is its experimental fact-checking program, Birdwatch, and making its misinformation debunks a lot more visible. With the expansion, about half of Twitter users in the United States will start to see Birdwatch's debunks added to misleading tweets. The initiative, which first debuted more than a year ago, takes a crowd-sourced approach to debunking misinformation on Twitter. Community moderators who are part of the program can append notes to misleading tweets to “provide informative context” rather than a binary…