Twitter has announced its new fact-checking system in
which its own users can participate. ' Birdwatch'
Birdwatch allows people to identify information in Tweets
that they believe to be misleading and to write notes that
provide informative context.
We believe this approach has the potential to react quickly when misleading
information leaks out, adding a context in which people trust and find valuable.
Ultimately, we aim to make the ratings visible
directly on Tweets to the global Twitter audience, when there is consensus from a broad and diverse set of contributors.
In this first phase of the pilot, the notes will only be
visible on a separate Birdwatch site . On this site, pilot participants can also rate the
usefulness of notes added by other contributors. These notes are intentionally separated from Twitter for now, as we build Birdwatch and gain confidence that it produces context that people find useful and appropriate. Additionally, ratings will not affect how people view Tweets or our system recommendations.