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Twitter’s Community Notes feature starts rolling out globally
With Twitter's crowd-sourced Community Notes feature rolling out globally, another key piece in Elon Musk's "Twitter 2.0" vision has fallen in place.
Igor Bonifacic12.11.2022Twitter is making Birdwatch, its crowd-sourced fact checks, much more prominent
Twitter is expanding its experimental fact-checking program, Birdwatch, and making its crowd-sourced fact checks more visible.
Karissa Bell09.07.2022Twitter expands its Birdwatch fact-checking pilot in the US
The changes come just two days after Birdwatch was attacked for its lack of utility in the Washington Post.
Daniel Cooper03.03.2022Twitter adds aliases to protect contributors to its Birdwatch fact check program
. Starting today, the company says it will automatically generate aliases for new Birdwatch users that aren’t publicly associated with their Twitter accounts.
Igor Bonifacic11.22.2021Study finds key flaws in Twitter's Birdwatch fact-checking program
The crowdsourced system has partisanship and citation issues, according to a Poynter analysis.
Kris Holt02.19.2021Twitter’s new ‘Birdwatch’ experiment crowdsources fact-checking
Twitter is launching a new feature to fight misinformation: Birdwatch, a “community-driven approach” that crowdsources fact checks.
Karissa Bell01.25.2021Twitter's 'Birdwatch' is an experiment in fighting misinformation
Twitter has a new experimental tool called Birdwatch, and it’s part of the platform’s efforts to expand its arsenal of weapons against misinformation online.
Mariella Moon10.03.2020