Twitter has introduced “Birdwatch” described as “a community-driven approach to addressing misleading information.”
🐦 Today we’re introducing @Birdwatch, a community-driven approach to addressing misleading information. And we want your help. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/aYJILZ7iKB
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) January 25, 2021
The social media company adds:
We’re looking for people to test this out in the US –– you can add notes with helpful context to Tweets that you think are misleading.
For now, these notes won’t appear directly on Twitter, but anyone in the US can view them at: https://birdwatch.twitter.com (2/3)
We’ll use the notes and your feedback to help shape this program and learn how to reach our goal of letting the Twitter community decide when and what context is added to a Tweet.
We’ll use the notes and your feedback to help shape this program and learn how to reach our goal of letting the Twitter community decide when and what context is added to a Tweet.
For details and how to apply to be a part of Birdwatch: https://t.co/bt5BzIpe4o (3/3)
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) January 25, 2021
Earlier this month, Twitter announced they have permanently banned former President Trump from the platform.
After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.https://t.co/CBpE1I6j8Y
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 8, 2021
